On Tue, Mar 28, 2000 at 10:39:20PM +0000, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Message-Id: 1988_kb2shu
> From: kb2shu@kb2shu.#sca.ca.usa.noam
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>
> Hello All,
>
> I recently set up a second Linux box running TNOS and have them connected
> with ethernet cards. I have established an AXIP link between the two TNOS
> and all appears to work fine. PC2 uses PC1 as its default route. I have
> noticed that the Linux side of PC2 is sending out UDP frames to various
> addresses for port 53. This appears to be a waste of bandwidth on my RF
> link to my gateway and the Linux side of PC1 does not send these frames.
>
> Just what is port 53 and why does my second Linux box want to send frames
> to addresses using this port number.
$ grep 53 /etc/services
domain 53/tcp nameserver # name-domain server
domain 53/udp nameserver
I expect that PC2 is trying to resolve something. Are the frames
addressed to the DNS defined in /etc/resolv.conf?
