Re: ethernet error?

[Andreas Janssen <andreas.janssen@bigfoot.com>]

Hello

Robert Storey (<y2kbug@ms25.hinet.net>) wrote:

> Just recently, I'm getting a most peculiar message popping up on my
> screen about once every 30 seconds or so:
> 
> DROPPED IN= OUT=eth0 SRC=192.168.0.2 DST=192.168.0.255 LEN=129
> TOS=0x00 PREC=0x00 TTL=64 ID=0 DF PROTO=UDP SPT=631 LEN=109
> 
> I have three machines on my network, and only this machine
> (192.168.0.2) is displaying this message. It only shows up when I'm at
> the console - I don't see it in X, not even in an Xterm.

Looks like some software is trying to broadcast using udp and source
port 631. This is used be the internet printing protocol, so I guess
Cups or some other printing server software is causing the traffic, and
your firewall is dropping it. If you use Cups on that machine, check
the configuration file /etc/cups/cupsd.conf.

best regards
        Andreas Janssen

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