Hi Have no idea whether this is normal. My firewall log shows more broadcasts being sent to the IP 192.168.0.255 to the port 138. Our network uses static IP and not DHCP in a Win 2k environment. All the clients are Win 2k pro except 2 (win98).
My query: Why does it generates more broadcast traffic. The log is full of these broadcasts dropped log, and I don't know how to reduce this traffic. I learnt that port 138 is for NetBIOS Datagram Service. In a Win2k environment, would this NetBIOS be active, that too to this extent? Is there a chance of performace degradation with this issue? Thanks for any help. ILyas Conares IT Dept Dubai, uae Tel: +9714 8835 111 Fax: +9714 8836 611 Cell:+97150 6550 894 ************* LOG ************* 04/03/2004 02:19:29.416 - Broadcast packet dropped - Source:192.168.0.127, 138, LAN - Destination:192.168.0.255, 138, LAN - Code:17 - ************* LOG ************* List info : http://www.activedir.org/mail_list.htm List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/list_faq.htm List archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/
