Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 1 Feb 2001 15:17:17 +0100 | From | Matthias Andree <> | Subject | Re: What does "NAT: dropping untracked packet" mean? |
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On Thu, 01 Feb 2001, Nils Rennebarth wrote:
> Since enabling (but not yet using) firewalling in the 2.4.1 kernel, my log > gets clobbered with messages like: > > Feb 1 12:58:56 obelix kernel: NAT: 0 dropping untracked packet ce767600 1 129.69.22.21 -> 224.0.0.2 > > The IP Adresses belong to Windows 98 computers. What does the message mean, > and what could I do to stop them?
It means that your box drops multicast administrative packets on the floor.
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