>>>>> "ED" == Edward Dekkers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
ED> Sorry, but you DO still blame this on Windows 98 I'm afraid. Windows
ED> 98 is hopeless. When broadcasting NETBIOS packets, it also triggers
ED> DNS packets. This is to search for new PC's on your network. Linux
ED> doesn't know what it's looking for and 'forwards' it. It's normal and
ED> I've been pissed off with it for years. Apparently the way to fix it
ED> is to MASQ out any netbios packets before they even get to diald.
So what do I add to my standard.filters to filter this out? The stock file
contains the following relevant lines:
ignore udp udp.source=udp.netbios-ns,udp.dest=udp.netbios-ns
accept udp 30 udp.dest=udp.netbios-ns
accept udp 30 udp.source=udp.netbios-ns
This, obviously, does not filter out the DNS request. How do I tell diald to
ignore it? Barring that, how do I use ipchains to force it to be ignored
before it even hits diald?
Will this broadcast only happen when the win98 systems boot? Or will it
happen anytime the win98 user browses the network neighborhood? I know it
does not happen anymore at all when the system is sitting quietly (probably
due to my running a cachine nameserver and defining a local domain).
>> This all used to work. When setting things up on this new server, I
>> switched to tap0 instead of slip. Could this be the cause? Even
>> while I have this problem, I can 'ifup ppp0' and it all works fine.
ED> This is most definately the cause. BUT, I'm no expert on tap
ED> devices. I have some docs on how to apparently set this up properly
ED> somewhere. Can dig 'em up if you need.
I dropped tap support by aliasing it to 'off' in my conf.modules, and now my
connections work. Hmmmm. I'd like to know what I am doing wrong so would
appreciate any pointers you could provide.
Thanx!
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