Re: Diald dials all the time
On Wed, 26 Aug 1998, Will Lowe wrote:
> Diald is dialing my modem frequently, even when there's no traffic that
> I'm aware of. For a while I thought that xntpd was to blame, as it
> generates traffic whenever it tries to sync up with a time server. So I
> removed it -- but no luck.
>
> Any idea what else might make diald think there's traffic when there
> isn't?
>
Do you have any Windows stations on your LAN? What happens when you click
"network neighborhood?". It is probably Win95 doing it. Block the netbios
traffic from the outside world with ipfwadm rules.
George Bonser
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