Running an SAP Agent

Service Advertising Protocol (SAP) broadcasts tell other hosts on a subnet which services are available. Typically sent by NetWare servers, these broadcasts occur approximately every 60 seconds. Other hosts on the network listen for them, and use the information provided.

If a host that is advertising services via SAP disappears, clients that were using this information may have problems. To be sure that you do NOT configure your operating system for SAP:

Windows XP: These Operating Systems do not utilize SAP in a harmful way.

Linux: Do NOT install mars_nwe or ipxsapd.

Last Updated: 2/14/08