[NTLUG:Discuss] dmesg help

[Eric Waguespack]

On Sun, Jun 8, 2008 at 8:34 AM, Fred <fredstevens at yahoo.com> wrote:
> What does this dmesg output mean?
>
> SFW2-INext-DROP-DEFLT IN=eth2 OUT= MAC= SRC=192.168.1.150 DST=224.0.0.251 LEN=106 TOS=0x00 PREC=0x00 TTL=255 ID=0 DF PROTO=UDP SPT=5353 DPT=5353 LEN=86
>

from google:

"
Port 5353 is for the Music Sharing aspect of iTunes (Rendezvous, which
is now called Bonjour). Here's what Google says if you want to be more
specific: "Multicast DNS, Apple iTunes uses multicast DNS to find
other systems running apple iTunes." If you don't want it broadcast,
go under the iTunes preferences and turn off sharing.
"