For a typical NT Novell 4.7 client workstation, how many SLP queries will be performed (startup, shutdown, and on-going)?
A2: This depends on the SLP configuration/design. By default there is no assigned DA or Scope, and Dynamic Discovery is enabled. This means that there will be up to five multicast packets for the 224.1.0.35 DA Advertisement/Discovery address. If SLP finds a DA, then all requests from that point on will be unicast to the DA. If no DA is discovered/configured, then the SLP client goes into “SA mode” where all SLP Service and Attribute Requests are on the 224.1.0.22 multicast address (IGMP registered to by all SAs on the LAN). Once a DA has been discovered or the SLP Client has reverted to SA mode, then every time a new SLP Service is requested an SLP Service Request packet is issued. (An example of an SLP Service request: if a login script tries to map a drive to MyFS1:SYS\PUBLIC, the client would hand the MyFS1 value to SLP to attempt to resolve within its configured scope). If there are successful replies, an SLP Attribute Request packet is issued to read the server’s network addresses
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