From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Dec 28 9: 2: 7 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 86ED437B401 for ; Sat, 28 Dec 2002 09:02:06 -0800 (PST) Received: from nemesis.systems.pipex.net (nemesis.systems.pipex.net [62.241.160.8]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 08F9643E4A for ; Sat, 28 Dec 2002 09:02:06 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from stacey@vickiandstacey.com) Received: from [192.168.1.8] (81-86-129-77.dsl.pipex.com [81.86.129.77]) by nemesis.systems.pipex.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 68C6C16007BD5; Sat, 28 Dec 2002 17:01:49 +0000 (GMT) Subject: Re: off topic .. interpretation of tcpdump From: Stacey Roberts Reply-To: stacey@vickiandstacey.com To: Cliff Sarginson Cc: FreeBSD Questions In-Reply-To: <20021228162601.GA681@raggedclown.net> References: <20021228162601.GA681@raggedclown.net> Content-Type: text/plain Organization: Message-Id: <1041094915.68500.153.camel@localhost> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.2.0 Date: 28 Dec 2002 17:01:55 +0000 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Sat, 2002-12-28 at 16:26, Cliff Sarginson wrote: > Hello, > This is my festive season question. > I was having some problems with my SMTP mail connection to my ISP. > So I tcpdump'ed the ethernet ADSL connection. > I think I know what most of it means, but can anyone tell me what > the following messages, every 2 seconds mean ? > It is not a problem, I just would like to know :) > > 17:22:00.343309 M 0:1:71:2:e6:61 > 1:0:0:0:0:0 802.1d ui/C > 17:22:02.443185 M 0:1:71:2:e6:61 > 1:0:0:0:0:0 802.1d ui/C It appears that you're running spanning tree on your site and (possibly) wireless access multipoint network implementations? Regards, Stacey -- Stacey Roberts B.Sc (HONS) Computer Science Web: www.vickiandstacey.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message