Re: Having some network issues...

Michael Vilain wrote:
> In article
> <59c5e50d-934d-4889-9cc1-2d0a0f79d281@d21g2000prf.googlegroups.com>,
> SpreadTooThin <bjobrien62@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> My airport connection seems to be being dropped very once in a while.
>> I don't know if its due to my D-Link-655 or if its my Mac or the fact
>> that there are too many wireless lans on my block...
>> I did however notice these error messages in my log and was wondering
>> if anyone knew what they were or if there is a more appropriate news
>> group to post this question in.
>>
>> Nov 23 17:39:27 bigmac netinfod local[33]: Cannot send multicall
>> packet to 139.48.44.25: Host is down
>> Nov 23 17:39:27 bigmac netinfod local[33]: Cannot send multicall
>> packet to 139.48.44.25: Host is down
>> Nov 23 17:39:40 bigmac mDNSResponder: NOTE: Wide-Area Service
>> Discovery disabled to avoid crashing defective DNS relay 192.168.0.1.
>>
>> 192.168.0.1 is my D-Link Wireless router.
>
> I've heard nothing but Bad Stuff(tm) about DLINK products in this news
> group. Specifically, that BonJour doesn't seem to work on it and that
> it's manufacturer HARDCODED their ntpd to use a Scandinavian ntp server,
> thereby bringing that system to it's knees.
>

That's hilarious. I'm pretty sure you're talking about this:
http://www.networkworld.com/news/200...wisconsin.html

It was Netgear and it was the U of W. Funny how these legends take on a
life of their own.

Greg

In article <13kgv9ul9a6qa4e@corp.supernews.com>,
"G.T." <getnews1@dslextreme.com> wrote:

> Michael Vilain wrote:
> > In article
> > <59c5e50d-934d-4889-9cc1-2d0a0f79d281@d21g2000prf.googlegroups.com>,
> > SpreadTooThin <bjobrien62@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >> My airport connection seems to be being dropped very once in a while.
> >> I don't know if its due to my D-Link-655 or if its my Mac or the fact
> >> that there are too many wireless lans on my block...
> >> I did however notice these error messages in my log and was wondering
> >> if anyone knew what they were or if there is a more appropriate news
> >> group to post this question in.
> >>
> >> Nov 23 17:39:27 bigmac netinfod local[33]: Cannot send multicall
> >> packet to 139.48.44.25: Host is down
> >> Nov 23 17:39:27 bigmac netinfod local[33]: Cannot send multicall
> >> packet to 139.48.44.25: Host is down
> >> Nov 23 17:39:40 bigmac mDNSResponder: NOTE: Wide-Area Service
> >> Discovery disabled to avoid crashing defective DNS relay 192.168.0.1.
> >>
> >> 192.168.0.1 is my D-Link Wireless router.
> >
> > I've heard nothing but Bad Stuff(tm) about DLINK products in this news
> > group. Specifically, that BonJour doesn't seem to work on it and that
> > it's manufacturer HARDCODED their ntpd to use a Scandinavian ntp server,
> > thereby bringing that system to it's knees.
> >
>
> That's hilarious. I'm pretty sure you're talking about this:
> http://www.networkworld.com/news/200...wisconsin.html
>
> It was Netgear and it was the U of W. Funny how these legends take on a
> life of their own.
>
> Greg

Yep, I remember reading about that Netgear blunder when it happened.
That was pretty funny! : )

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In article <13kgv9ul9a6qa4e@corp.supernews.com>, "G.T." <getnews1@dslextreme.com> writes:
> Michael Vilain wrote:
> > I've heard nothing but Bad Stuff(tm) about DLINK products in this news
> > group. Specifically, that BonJour doesn't seem to work on it and that
> > it's manufacturer HARDCODED their ntpd to use a Scandinavian ntp server,
> > thereby bringing that system to it's knees.
>
> That's hilarious. I'm pretty sure you're talking about this:
> http://www.networkworld.com/news/200...wisconsin.html
>
> It was Netgear and it was the U of W. Funny how these legends take on a
> life of their own.

Especially when those legends are factual.

The gross ignorance of commercial manufacturers seems to be
unlimited, but I would guess that it's more than likely the D-Link
reference was to the incident that concluded with this denouement:

< http://people.freebsd.org/~phk/dlink/ >

I believe that the final agreement included removal of most of the
posted documentation by the NTP operator, but there is some history
at:

< http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NTP_van...l-Henning_Kamp >

and a copy of the original public plaint at:

< http://net127.com/2006/04/07/open-le...ntp-vandalism/ >

> Greg

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In <13kgv9ul9a6qa4e@corp.supernews.com>, G.T. wrote:

> Michael Vilain wrote:

>> I've heard nothing but Bad Stuff(tm) about DLINK products in this news
>> group. Specifically, that BonJour doesn't seem to work on it and that it's
>> manufacturer HARDCODED their ntpd to use a Scandinavian ntp server, thereby
>> bringing that system to it's knees.
>>
>
> That's hilarious. I'm pretty sure you're talking about this:
> http://www.networkworld.com/news/200...wisconsin.html
>
> It was Netgear and it was the U of W. Funny how these legends take on a
> life of their own.

The D-Link ntp configuration story is true as well.

Anyway, for those of you with static IP addresses, you may wish to
contribute to the NTP pool project. See

http://www.pool.ntp.org/

for details.

-j

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In article
<27e73a02-6a80-49d2-b566-ac126863c90c@e10g2000prf.googlegroups.com>,
SpreadTooThin <bjobrien62@gmail.com> wrote:

> All of which leaves me where?

All of what?

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SpreadTooThin wrote:
> On Nov 25, 12:50 pm, Jolly Roger <jollyro...@pobox.com> wrote:
>> In article
>> <27e73a02-6a80-49d2-b566-ac126863c...@e10g2000prf.googlegroups.com>,
>>
>> SpreadTooThin <bjobrie...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> All of which leaves me where?
>> All of what?
>>
>
> I don't see how any of this pertains to my original question.
>
What was (is) your original question?

In article
<71bb5f77-2cde-40a1-8df2-f150c6c9687b@s19g2000prg.googlegroups.com>,
SpreadTooThin <bjobrien62@gmail.com> wrote:

> On Nov 25, 12:50 pm, Jolly Roger <jollyro...@pobox.com> wrote:
> > In article
> > <27e73a02-6a80-49d2-b566-ac126863c...@e10g2000prf.googlegroups.com>,
> >
> > SpreadTooThin <bjobrie...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > All of which leaves me where?
> >
> > All of what?
>
> I don't see how any of this pertains to my original question.

You didn't quote anything, so those of us with online news readers have
no idea what you are talking about. Sorry.

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