Recently, I've been getting these strange messages at startup. In fact the output from dmesg is nothing but these. Can anyone help me decode it? What program could be sending these messages and is it a problem? Thanks in advance.

DROPPED IN=wlan0 OUT= MAC=ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:00:12:17:7d:4b:38:08:00 SRC=10.10.7.234 DST=10.10.7.255 LEN=78 TOS=0x00 PREC=0x00 TTL=128 ID=24480 PROTO=UDP SPT=137 DPT=137 LEN=58
DROPPED IN=wlan0 OUT= MAC=ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:00:12:17:7d:4b:38:08:00 SRC=10.10.7.234 DST=10.10.7.255 LEN=78 TOS=0x00 PREC=0x00 TTL=128 ID=24480 PROTO=UDP SPT=137 DPT=137 LEN=58
DROPPED IN=wlan0 OUT= MAC=ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:00:30:1a:09:51:13:08:00 SRC=10.10.4.124 DST=255.255.255.255 LEN=95 TOS=0x00 PREC=0x00 TTL=64 ID=1114 PROTO=UDP SPT=162 DPT=162 LEN=75
DROPPED IN=wlan0 OUT= MAC=ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:00:02:2d:37:87:38:08:00 SRC=10.10.7.236 DST=10.10.7.255 LEN=229 TOS=0x00 PREC=0x00 TTL=128 ID=3765 PROTO=UDP SPT=138 DPT=138 LEN=209
DROPPED IN=wlan0 OUT= MAC=ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:00:0e:35:4e:5d:d1:08:00 SRC=10.10.7.224 DST=10.10.7.255 LEN=229 TOS=0x00 PREC=0x00 TTL=128 ID=523 PROTO=UDP SPT=138 DPT=138 LEN=209

etc, etc.

It looks like broadcast messages that are being logged as they are dropped.

I'm guessing iptables is logging this.

Are you using this box as a router for your network?

MrKnisely