[comp.sys.proteon] 7030 type field

cyrus@hi.unm.edu (Tait Cyrus) (10/02/88)

A while back I asked why our proteon box was sending out ethernet
packets with a type of `7030'.  The answer I received was that that
was a "test packet that the proteon ethernet board automatically
sends out".  Well, that is fine and dandy, but I want to know how
to disable this test (unless it is required for the proteon to
operate).  

Even though they are minimum size packets (64 bytes) there are a lot
of packets that get send (~1/ 4 sec).  While watching our network for
26 hours, I saw 23,642 packets totaling 1,511,552 bytes.  That is
a Megabyte of data.  Granted that is a VERY VERY small fraction of
the bandwidth.  I just think it is something on the net that does
not have to be there.

Any ideas on how to turn this off or disable it?

Thanks in advance

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