I do remember something about Windows using 137 for DNS from my Windows days but I could be wrong..
-Simon ----- Original Message ----- From: "Alec Skelly" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, July 13, 2000 8:38 AM Subject: RE: Can anyone explain this? > --------------------- Attention ----------------------------- > Online GNAT Box User Forum is Now Open > Click the Register link and sign up today > http://www.gnatbox.com/cgi-bin/Ultimate.cgi > ------------------------------------------------------------- > Send postings to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Access the list archives at: http://www.gnatbox.com/gb-users/ > ------------------------------------------------------------- > > What the GB message is saying is Workstation is talking out port 137 > > to the GB. The GB takes that request, processes it through NAT and it > > comes OUT of the GB's external interface as 10629 (in this case). The > > message is directed TO the DNS server port 53. The port this request > > comes out of on the workstation or the GB system is picked pretty much > > at random (something available, unused by anything else at the > > moment. It sounds like your workstation has settled on a particular > > port to talk out of -- the fact that this is the NetBIOS port is > > coincidence (more or less). This port number changes as it goes > > I could be way off here, but I think only ports >1024 are chosen at random. > For Windows to use 137 for DNS traffic seems just plain weird. I think I > would run a sniffer to see exactly what's going on. > > ---------------------------------------------- > To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with "unsubscribe gb-users your_email_address > in the body of the message >
