Time capsule constantly accesses internet

Let me tell you about my setup. I have:
SB5101 Moto Surfboard modem
Time Capsule
WRT54GL running DD-WRT
AirPort Express
Linksys Switch
The Time Capsule is the main router and running a 802.11N 5GHz based network for my N devies. The WRT54GL is run off of the TC for my proxy tunneling over SSH. The Airport Express is also running off the TC for my G devices and is also doing my AirTunes stuff. From there the Linksys switch is running off the TC as well for the ethernet stuff.
Ok My question is why the TC is constantly accessing the internet. The PC/Activity light is flashing CONSTANTLY. I've unplugged everything from the TC and the light still flashes. After doing so I've also deactivated all wireless settings on the TC to determine if it was something wirelessly that was causing this. Still does this. After all this I'll unplug the CAT5 cable going from the TC and the modem and it will stop. Plug it back in and it does it again. This has persisted over the many firmware upgrades I've done to the TC. I finally called AppleCare out of curiousity and the best explanation they could give me is that its something to do with my modem. This doesn't make any sense as I've had other routers on this modem and none of them have this issue. Anyone else have this or know what it could be?
It's not a big deal as my internet is fine but I'm just wondering why its constantly on. Thanks in advance for any help/advice.

there are many reasons that your activity light is constantly flashing. Mine pretty much flashes all the time. if you have mobileMe configured though the TC, Dynamic DNS service, or even just Bonjour can cause the activity light to flash. if you are truely bothered by the flashing, you can turn the "flash on activity" off in the TC menu, but just the fact that there's activity most of the time is pretty normal too as the cable modem is constantly sending and receiving (and any time the cable modem receives data it sends it directly to the TC, and the lights will flash. Most cable companies are constantly polling your modem to make sure its authorized, up to date, etc. Since the flashing stops when you unplug the ethernet to the cable modem, My guess is that the flashing is caused by the TC and cable modem talking to each other which is definately very normal (and if they stop talking to each other you'll lose your internet connection, as the modem needs to keep its DHCP Lease active (networks assign IP numbers via a "lease" so if you turn off your modem, after a period of time the network releases your ip and puts it back into the pool so it can assign it to a different location if needed)

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