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Re: Executor Linux and net connections
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.
: Whenever I run Executor diald immediately brings up the network connection,
: for no apparent reason.
: 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
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