WINS errors

[Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton]

it means that someone hasn't read rfc1001/2 correctly.  _some_ m/cs send
refresh with opcode 8; _some_ send with opcode 9.  _both_ should be
accepted due to a mistake in rfcs 1001/2.

what type of m/c is sending this reg/refresh?

On Tue, 25 May 1999, Adrian Goins wrote:

> I'm getting the following in my nmbd logfile:
> 
> [1999/05/24 16:27:30, 0]
> nmbd/nmbd_packets.c:validate_nmb_response_packet(1250)
>   validate_nmb_response_packet: Bad REG/REFRESH Packet. Ignoring response
> packet with opcode 8.
> 
> [1999/05/24 16:29:44, 0]
> nmbd/nmbd_incomingrequests.c:process_name_refresh_request(180)
>   process_name_refresh_request: unicast name registration request received
> for name IS~BLACKDWARF<00> from IP 206.124.0.54 on subnet UNICAST_SUBNET.
> Error - should be sent to WINS server
> 
> i'm not sure what the problem is or how to make it go away...
> 
> -- 
> Adrian Goins
> NetOps Director
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