They are checking to see if they have net connectivity, because it can run in offline mode. If you try to send a packet to an unreachable host, you'll get an ICMP unreachable -> EXXXX socket error. --Perry > > Sniffing the network I can see this strange behavior: > Each time a PC client is starting a pointcast update, it will send packets > with a destination IP address of 1.1.1.1 > The destination port is 12345, 1 or 8080 > The source port varies > > I have look at the pointcast knowledge-db wo/ finding anything > > Anyone have any idea on that? > > Thanks, > - jean - > -- Perry Harrington System Software Engineer zelur xuniL () http://www.webcom.com perry.harringtonat_private Think Blue. /\
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