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Re: Mysterious broadcast



On Thu, Jan 09, 2003 at 08:08:51AM -0600, Dennis Wicks wrote:

> My console log is filled with messages like the following:
> 
>     10.80.20.103 sent an invalid ICMP error to a broadcast.
>     10.80.20.104 sent an invalid ICMP error to a broadcast.
>     10.80.20.6 sent an invalid ICMP error to a broadcast.
> 
> Does this mean that my l/390 is broadcasting? If so, how do I stop that?
> Not the error, the broadcasting.

Use a packet sniffing tool such as tcpdump on the Linux system and find out
the exact nature of the packets being sent; then you can try to determine
their origin.  It may be a network misconfiguration such as an incorrect
netmask or such.


-- 
 - mdz



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