I recently set up a test Nginx server on my computer, and I have been receiving some strange HTTP requests from another computer on the network:
192.168.1.114 - - [12/Jul/2015:17:12:42 +0000] "GET /currentsetting.htm HTTP/1.1" 404 168 "-" "-"
192.168.1.114 - - [12/Jul/2015:17:18:59 +0000] "GET /currentsetting.htm HTTP/1.1" 404 168 "-" "-"
192.168.1.114 - - [12/Jul/2015:17:25:12 +0000] "GET /currentsetting.htm HTTP/1.1" 404 168 "-" "-"
192.168.1.114 - - [12/Jul/2015:17:31:27 +0000] "GET /currentsetting.htm HTTP/1.1" 404 168 "-" "-"
192.168.1.114 - - [12/Jul/2015:17:37:40 +0000] "GET /currentsetting.htm HTTP/1.1" 404 168 "-" "-"
192.168.1.114 - - [12/Jul/2015:17:43:54 +0000] "GET /currentsetting.htm HTTP/1.1" 404 168 "-" "-"
192.168.1.114 - - [12/Jul/2015:17:50:09 +0000] "GET /currentsetting.htm HTTP/1.1" 404 168 "-" "-"
192.168.1.114 - - [12/Jul/2015:17:56:23 +0000] "GET /currentsetting.htm HTTP/1.1" 404 168 "-" "-"
192.168.1.114 - - [12/Jul/2015:18:02:36 +0000] "GET /currentsetting.htm HTTP/1.1" 404 168 "-" "-"
I see the same requests in the access log of another web server on the same network:
192.168.1.114 - - [12/Jul/2015:13:13:47 -0400] "GET /currentsetting.htm HTTP/1.1" 404 417 "-" "-"
192.168.1.114 - - [12/Jul/2015:13:20:04 -0400] "GET /currentsetting.htm HTTP/1.1" 404 417 "-" "-"
192.168.1.114 - - [12/Jul/2015:13:26:17 -0400] "GET /currentsetting.htm HTTP/1.1" 404 417 "-" "-"
192.168.1.114 - - [12/Jul/2015:13:32:32 -0400] "GET /currentsetting.htm HTTP/1.1" 404 417 "-" "-"
192.168.1.114 - - [12/Jul/2015:13:38:46 -0400] "GET /currentsetting.htm HTTP/1.1" 404 417 "-" "-"
192.168.1.114 - - [12/Jul/2015:13:44:59 -0400] "GET /currentsetting.htm HTTP/1.1" 404 417 "-" "-"
192.168.1.114 - - [12/Jul/2015:13:51:14 -0400] "GET /currentsetting.htm HTTP/1.1" 404 417 "-" "-"
192.168.1.114 - - [12/Jul/2015:13:57:28 -0400] "GET /currentsetting.htm HTTP/1.1" 404 417 "-" "-"
A Google search suggests that this is related to Netgear routers, and 192.168.1.114 is the only computer on the network running the Netgear Genie application. Indeed, the currentsetting.htm file on the router has some information that may be used by the application:
maxwell:~ andrew$ curl 192.168.1.1/currentsetting.htm
Firmware=V1.0.0.2_1.0.1
RegionTag=R6700_NA
Region=us
Model=R6700
InternetConnectionStatus=Up
ParentalControlSupported=1
SOAPVersion=2.0
ReadyShareSupportedLevel=13
SmartNetworkSupported=0
Why does the Netgear Genie application seem to be sending HTTP requests to every web server on port 80 on the network?
How would I stop this strange behavior from happening?