Re: Netbios packets sent over loopback device?

Alan Cox (alan@cymru.net)
Mon, 26 Feb 1996 10:47:32 +0000 (GMT)

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> Deny UDP via 127.0.0.1 192.168.1.1:137 192.168.1.255:137
>
> Why is a netbios broadcast packet going via the loopback interface?
> All other packets for 192.168.1.xxx are going via eth0 as required.

Broadcast frames are always looped back to the host, because BSD does it
and some programs require it.

Alan

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