On Tue, Mar 31, 2009 at 12:59:26PM -0400, Peter Hartmann wrote:
> I also see quite a bit of this kind of thing. From what I understand,
> this address 239.255.1.1 falls in a range dedicated to multicast.
> I'm also wondering if the spanning tree packets mean that there is a
> cable plugged in to a switch twice. Could that be?
>
> 54 7.619442 10.3.85.127 239.255.1.1 UDP Source port: dnox Destination
> port: dnox
Yes, this is a muliticast in the range that is "locally administered."
Maybe this is an audio and/or video broadcast that just happens to use
port 4022 (dnox)?
> 57 8.000269 Netgear_de:9b:97 Spanning-tree-(for-bridges)_00 STP Conf.
> Root = 32768/00:0f:b5:de:9b:97 Cost = 0 Port = 0x8001
This is not indicative of anything out of the ordinary.
Steve