"Povl H. Pedersen" wrote:
>
> I have found a minor problem with CUPS. In the default config,
> it does a network broadcast (255.255.255.255) on UDP port 631
> every minute or so.
>
> Isn't it bad that the default config file will shout to the
> world by default and generate network noise as well ?
>
The broadcasted stuff only propagates in the local network (I do not see
your printers in my printer list) and it is very short (I think only the
server's name and the printer's name). So you should not perceive any
load on your network.
> I am also missing
>
> ipp 631/udp # Internet Printing Protocol
>
> in my /etc/services (from a fresh 7.2b3)
It's not necessary, for me CUPS worked without it.
Till
