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thegoose
Aspirant
Aug 12, 2014

avahi-daemon log - "Recieved invalid packet."

Model: ReadyNAS NV+ [X-RAID]
Firmware: RAIDiator 4.1.13 [1.00a043]
Memory: 1024 MB [2.5-3-3-7]
Volume C: Online, X-RAID, 4 disks, 94% of 2771 GB used

# uname -a
Linux nas 2.6.17.14ReadyNAS #1 Wed Jun 20 20:08:20 PDT 2012 padre unknown

I'm getting over 100 messages a second being sent to /var/log/daemon.log from the avahi-daemon:
Aug 12 06:37:27 nas avahi-daemon[1669]: Recieved invalid packet.
Aug 12 06:37:27 nas avahi-daemon[1669]: Recieved invalid packet.
Aug 12 06:37:27 nas avahi-daemon[1669]: Recieved invalid packet.
Aug 12 06:37:27 nas avahi-daemon[1669]: Recieved invalid packet.
Aug 12 06:37:27 nas avahi-daemon[1669]: Recieved invalid packet.
Aug 12 06:37:27 nas avahi-daemon[1669]: Recieved invalid packet.
Aug 12 06:37:27 nas avahi-daemon[1669]: Recieved invalid packet.
Aug 12 06:37:27 nas avahi-daemon[1669]: Recieved invalid packet.
Aug 12 06:37:27 nas avahi-daemon[1669]: Recieved invalid packet.
Aug 12 06:37:27 nas avahi-daemon[1669]: Recieved invalid packet.
Aug 12 06:37:27 nas avahi-daemon[1669]: Recieved invalid packet.


Any idea how to resolve this? I am also not sure what caused this. I've had my NV+ for MANY years.

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  • mdgm-ntgr's avatar
    mdgm-ntgr
    NETGEAR Employee Retired
    Do you use Macs?

    Have you tried toggling advertising over Bonjour off/on?
  • Yes, on this network I use Mac's (thus my reason for having the avahi-daemon running) as well as linux and windows machines. I'm unfamiliar with turning on/off Bonjour advertising. I'll read up and give it a try. Thanks.
  • StephenB's avatar
    StephenB
    Guru - Experienced User
    You could also have some other device broadcasting something else on port 5353. If you have wireshark, maybe you can take a look.