Make sure your interface is in promiscuous mode. If you are running *nix, it's usually something like:
ifconfig <interface> +promisc # linux example Sounds like you may be getting all frames but your NIC isn't passing them up unless they are [b|m]cast or for itself. On Wed, 10 Sep 2003, Mike Kelley wrote: > > > I've spent over 8 hours researching and trying and RTFM'ing ... I had my > network admin mirror a port on our cisco switch. When I sniff the port all I > get is the broadcast messages or local traffic > > I have read > http://www.ethereal.com/faq.html#q5.1 > <http://www.ethereal.com/faq.html#q5.1> > over and over ... I have manually (ifconfig ...) put the interfaces into > promiscuous mode. > > What next to trouble shoot? > > Thanks in advance > > Mike > -- Brandon Applegate - CCIE 10273 PGP Key fingerprint: 7407 DC86 AA7B A57F 62D1 A715 3C63 66A1 181E 6996 "SH1-0151. This is the serial number, of our orbital gun."
