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- Brian Wood (beww@intac.com) wrote:
- : I use "diald" on my linux system. This program automatically brings up
- : a ppp connection whenever any program needs access to the net.
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- : Whenever I run Executor diald immediately brings up the network connection,
- : for no apparent reason.
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- : Is there a way to prevent this? (the connection is ISDN and costs money to
- : use)? Or, could someone tell me exactly what type of packet Executor is
- : sending out so I can tell diald to ignore them?
-
- It is sending out a broadcast to see if anyone else on your subnet is
- using your executor license. My tcpdump capture gives this:
-
- 192.1.1.2.62331 > 192.1.1.255.62331: udp 16
- (11 times)
-
- Hope that helps.
-
- -John
-
- Opinions expressed herein are my own and may not represent those of my employer.
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