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Wireshark-users: [Wireshark-users] some strange cifs request

From: Zuoheng <zh.huang@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 13 Jun 2007 18:01:06 +0800
Hi,

I am a newbie to Wireshark,  currently using Wireshark troubleshooting
a cifs performance issue. I got some insteresting output from
Wireshark,


No.     Time        Source                Destination           Protocol Info
    23 0.027344    152.62.34.59          10.32.33.99           SMB
 NT Create AndX Request, Path:
\rexhuang\a:{4c8cc155-6c1e-11d1-8e41-00c04fb9386d}:$DATA
    24 0.027344    10.32.33.99           152.62.34.59          SMB
 NT Create AndX Response, Error: STATUS_OBJECT_NAME_NOT_FOUND
    25 0.027344    152.62.34.59          10.32.33.99           SMB
 NT Create AndX Request, Path:
\rexhuang\a:\005SummaryInformation:$DATA
    26 0.027344    10.32.33.99           152.62.34.59          SMB
 NT Create AndX Response, Error: STATUS_OBJECT_NAME_NOT_FOUND
    27 0.027344    152.62.34.59          10.32.33.99           SMB
 NT Create AndX Request, Path:
\rexhuang\a:Docf_\005SummaryInformation:$DATA
    28 0.027344    10.32.33.99           152.62.34.59          SMB
 NT Create AndX Response, Error: STATUS_OBJECT_NAME_NOT_FOUND
    29 0.031250    152.62.34.59          10.32.33.99           SMB
 NT Create AndX Request, Path:
\rexhuang\a:\005SummaryInformation:$DATA
    30 0.031250    10.32.33.99           152.62.34.59          SMB
 NT Create AndX Response, Error: STATUS_OBJECT_NAME_NOT_FOUND
    31 0.031250    152.62.34.59          10.32.33.99           SMB
 NT Create AndX Request, Path:
\rexhuang\a:Docf_\005SummaryInformation:$DATA
    32 0.031250    10.32.33.99           152.62.34.59          SMB
 NT Create AndX Response, Error: STATUS_OBJECT_NAME_NOT_FOUND
    33 0.031250    152.62.34.59          10.32.33.99           SMB
 NT Create AndX Request, Path:
\rexhuang\a:\005SummaryInformation:$DATA
    34 0.031250    10.32.33.99           152.62.34.59          SMB
 NT Create AndX Response, Error: STATUS_OBJECT_NAME_NOT_FOUND

152.62.34.59 is client IP, 10.32.33.99 is a cifs server.

My question is I dont have any such special file or directory under
\rexhuang\, why the client send out such CreateAndX request?

Any input will be appreciated.

/zuoheng