Firewall Message?

[Guest]

Archived from groups: alt.internet.wireless (More info?)

Hi.
I've just got a wireless router, and firewall. Every time I boot up, I get
the following message from the firewall:

ndis user mode i/o driver has received a broadcast packet from the remote
machine 192.168.1.3. Do you want to allow this programme to access the
network?

Now, I know that the number is an IP address, and am guessing that this is
the router trying to assign one to my pc, as it tries to get on the network.
But I don't know, and don't fully understand the message. Anyone know what
this means, and whether I should be saying yay or nay? Thanks.

 

[JM]

Archived from groups: alt.internet.wireless (More info?)

On Sun, 21 Nov 2004 12:11:47 +0000, The Crow wrote:

> Hi.
> I've just got a wireless router, and firewall. Every time I boot up, I
> get the following message from the firewall:
>
> ndis user mode i/o driver has received a broadcast packet from the remote
> machine 192.168.1.3. Do you want to allow this programme to access the
> network?
>
> Now, I know that the number is an IP address, and am guessing that this is
> the router trying to assign one to my pc, as it tries to get on the
> network. But I don't know, and don't fully understand the message. Anyone
> know what this means, and whether I should be saying yay or nay? Thanks.

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