> Fine. My machine is querying its gateway to know how to route. > > # route > Kernel IP routing table > Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use > Iface > 169.254.0.0 * 255.255.0.0 U 0 0 0 > eth0 > 172.17.0.0 * 255.255.0.0 U 0 0 0 > eth0 > default router 0.0.0.0 UG 0 0 0 > eth0 > > And it does it every two minutes, apparently. > But that has nothing to do with dumping packets, does it? Use "route -rn" when you post things. People don't know what IP address router has. What does "dumping packets" mean? -- "Oook!"