diff --git a/src/cas/io/bsdSocket/casDGIntfIO.cc b/src/cas/io/bsdSocket/casDGIntfIO.cc
index dc53a4c30..9c62673cd 100644
--- a/src/cas/io/bsdSocket/casDGIntfIO.cc
+++ b/src/cas/io/bsdSocket/casDGIntfIO.cc
@@ -453,16 +453,16 @@ void casDGIntfIO::sendBeaconIO ( char & msg, unsigned length,
     }
 
     {
-        // disconnect so that bogus messages arriving at the ephemeral port
-        // do not consume resources
+        // Connect to INADDR_NONE because a UDP connect to AF_UNSPEC
+        // only works with modern IP kernel.
         //
-        // UDP disconnect to INADDR_LOOPBACK and port 0 because 
-        // a UDP connect to AF_UNSPEC only works with modern IP kernel
+        // INADDR_NONE can never be a source address and therefore no 
+        // messages can be received.
         osiSockAddr sockAddr;
         memset ( &sockAddr, 0, sizeof ( sockAddr ) );
         sockAddr.ia.sin_family = AF_INET;
-        sockAddr.ia.sin_addr.s_addr = INADDR_LOOPBACK;
-        sockAddr.ia.sin_port = 0;
+        sockAddr.ia.sin_addr.s_addr = INADDR_NONE;
+        sockAddr.ia.sin_port = htons ( CA_REPEATER_PORT );
         status = connect ( this->beaconSock,
 		        & sockAddr.sa, sizeof ( sockAddr.sa ) );
         if ( status < 0 ) {