Ahhh, that's it, the firewall! I am my own worst enemy. I installed Guarddog, and I was blocking IPP (Internet Printing Protocol). Unblocking it made the nasty messages go away.
Thanks to everyone who replied. Without your help, I probably would have replaced my motherboard instead! I still highly recommend Guarddog. regards & happy holidays, Robert On Mon, 22 Dec 2003 13:22:14 +0100 Andreas Janssen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello > > Robert Storey (<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) 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 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
