Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (3019 mails)

[James Wright <jamfwright@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Monday 12 February 2007 22:35, John Andersen wrote:
> I have a SLED installation which is getting a significant flow of messages
> out of nmdb like the following:
>
> Feb 12 18:29:15 haight nmbd[16933]: [2007/02/12 18:29:15, 0]
> nmbd/nmbd_incomingrequests.c:process_name_refresh_request(172)
> Feb 12 18:29:15 haight nmbd[16933]:   process_name_refresh_request: unicast
> name registration request received for name CADTECH<00> from IP
> 192.168.0.226 on subnet UNICAST_SUBNET.
>
> I don't have a wins server, and samba is not configured to be one.  Its a
> single subnet, and I've never needed a wins server in such cases.
> Samba is not configured as a domain controller either as its a simple
> work group server.
>
> How can I stop these messages, and why is it that this is the only network
> I manage that is generating these?

What OS is on 192.168.0.226?  Apparently this particular machine is trying to 
contact a WINS server.  If it is a Windows box see 
<http://www.microsoft.com/technet/network/evaluate/technol/tcpipfund/tcpipfund_ch12.mspx> 
to see every place to check for a WINS configuration.  If computer 
192.168.0.226 was not using WINS (which it must be), then you would get a 
BROADCAST message, not a UNICAST.

- James W.
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