Hello, our firewall warns me that our server where samba 2.2.3 pre runs, tries at random intervals to contact a machine at 209.67.79.132. Because the ports are 445 and 139 I think it must be smbd or nmbd that sends this packets. In smb.conf I find no entry with this address. Can anyone explain me why ( and if ) samba does this ? Thank you very much Andreas Moroder P.S. If possible please answer also direct via e-mail -------------------------------------------------------- Dr. Andreas Moroder Sanit?tsbetrieb Brixen - Azienda Sanitaria di Bressanone www.sb-brixen.it - www.as-bressanone.it