help!

[Michael Walter]

This is multicast traffic for router discovery.  Basically a routing
protocol enabled host (like a router) sends out these packets in order to
find other peer routers on the network.  It is generally harmless if you
keep it local, you should not allow this to get outside of your local
network as it can reveal network architecture.

Thanks,

Michael J. Walter
rhce mcdba mcse+i ccna cca a+
Network Administrator
Gliatech, Inc.
23420 Commerce Park Rd.
Beachwood, Ohio 44122
Tel: (216) 831-3200
Email: walterm@gliatech.com 




-----Original Message-----
From: john smith [mailto:inquirer23@hotmail.com]
Sent: Thursday, August 16, 2001 1:45 PM
To: netfilter@lists.samba.org
Subject: help!


Hi,

I get this annoying! message using iptables with ipmasq in the console 
continuously! while I am connected to the internet.

Aug 16 10:54:56 sup3r kernel: IN=ppp0 OUT= MAC= SRC=209.247.5.159 
DST=224.0.0.1
LEN=28 TOS=0x00 PREC=0x00 TTL=1 ID=12062 PROTO=2

Aug 16 10:55:26 sup3r kernel: IN=ppp0 OUT= MAC= SRC=209.247.5.159 
DST=224.0.0.1
LEN=28 TOS=0x00 PREC=0x00 TTL=1 ID=45598 PROTO=2
...

what does it mean, how do I stop/fix it and should I be worried?


TIA

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