"multiple response" errors in log.nmb (fwd)

[Steve Feehan]

This is a repost with some new information:

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

[2000/06/22 11:58:25, 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
[2000/06/22 11:58:25, 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
[2000/06/22 11:58:25, 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
[2000/06/22 11:58:25, 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. There is also another pattern in the log file: the set of
errors occurs every 5 minutes(+/- a few seconds).

Also, here is the output from a smbclient session:

[steve at salina steve]$ smbclient //files/steve
added interface ip=129.130.10.58 bcast=129.130.11.255 nmask=255.255.252.0
Got a positive name query response from 129.130.10.65 ( 129.130.10.136 )
Got a positive name query response from 129.130.10.65 ( 129.130.10.136 )
Got a positive name query response from 129.130.10.65 ( 129.130.10.136 )
Got a positive name query response from 129.130.10.65 ( 129.130.10.136 )
Got a positive name query response from 129.130.10.65 ( 129.130.10.136 )
Password: 
Domain=[NT.CIS.KSU.EDU] OS=[Unix] Server=[Samba 2.0.7]
smb: \>

Notice that once again there are 5 responses. This seems a little
redundant to me.

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.

--
Steve Feehan