"multiple response" errors in log.nmb

[Steve Feehan]

Our log.nmb file fills up very quickly with the following pattern of
messages:

[2000/06/19 05:10:59, 0] nmbd/nmbd_namequery.c:query_name_response(93)
  query_name_response: Multiple (2) responses received for a query on
subnet 129.130.10.136 for name NT.CIS.KSU.EDU<1d>. This response was from IP
129.130.10.24
[2000/06/19 05:10:59, 0] nmbd/nmbd_namequery.c:query_name_response(93)
  query_name_response: Multiple (3) responses received for a query on
subnet 129.130.10.136 for name NT.CIS.KSU.EDU<1d>. This response was from IP
129.130.10.24
[2000/06/19 05:10:59, 0] nmbd/nmbd_namequery.c:query_name_response(93)
  query_name_response: Multiple (4) responses received for a query on
subnet 129.130.10.136 for name NT.CIS.KSU.EDU<1d>. This response was from IP
129.130.10.24
[2000/06/19 05:10:59, 0] nmbd/nmbd_namequery.c:query_name_response(93)
  query_name_response: Multiple (5) responses received for a query on
subnet 129.130.10.136 for name NT.CIS.KSU.EDU<1d>. This response was from IP
129.130.10.24

Notice that the number of responses grows from (2) to (5). This particular
host in fact has 5 interfaces. Samba is only configured to use one of the
interfaces.

My questions:

  Is this error significant? 
  
  Does it affect performance?
  
  Is there anything I can do about it? Other than editing the source to
  get rid of the error? I'm not familiar with WINS... is the problem on
  the NT server or the Samba server?

  Any questions I'm forgetting? :)

Thanks for your time.

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