Redhat 7.2:
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[root@host root]# netstat -ni
Kernel Interface table
Iface MTU Met RX-OK RX-ERR RX-DRP RX-OVR TX-OK TX-ERR TX-DRP TX-OVR
Flg
eth0 1500 0314226233 1173 0 0 9995564 0 0 0
BNRU
eth1 1500 0 7811328 0 0 012792753 0 0 0
BMRU
lo 16436 0 22327 0 0 0 22327 0 0 0
LRU
[root@host root]# ifconfig eth0
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx
inet addr:x.x.x.x Bcast:x.x.x.x Mask:x.x.x.x
UP BROADCAST NOTRAILERS RUNNING MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:314230887 errors:1173 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:1175
TX packets:9995564 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:287
collisions:253666 txqueuelen:100
RX bytes:3521351619 (3358.2 Mb) TX bytes:974809983 (929.6 Mb)
Interrupt:11 Base address:0xec80
[root@host root]# ifconfig eth1
eth1 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx
inet addr:x.x.x.x Bcast:x.x.x.x Mask:x.x.x.x
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:7811347 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:211
TX packets:12792770 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:7685 txqueuelen:100
RX bytes:765919399 (730.4 Mb) TX bytes:4245711745 (4049.0 Mb)
Interrupt:3 Base address:0x300
[root@host root]# ifconfig lo
lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
RX packets:22327 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:22327 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:2037519 (1.9 Mb) TX bytes:2037519 (1.9 Mb)
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eth0:
netstat -i ="BNRU"
ifconfig eth0 = "UP BROADCAST NOTRAILERS RUNNING"
eth1:
netstat -i="BMRU"
ifconfig eth1 = "UP BROADCAST MULTICAST RUNNING"
lo
netstat -i="LRU"
ifconfig lo = "UP LOOPBACK RUNNING"
Draw your own conclusions.
--
Gene Lee
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Bruno Negr�o" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Gene Lee" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2002 4:21 PM
Subject: Re: netstat -i shows promiscuous mode!!
> Thank you for the answer. I read that the M means promiscuous mode in the
> following documents:
> http://www.linuxdoc.org/LDP/nag2/x-087-2-iface.netstat.html
> http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/linag2/book/ch05.html
>
> Are you shure about what you're saying?
>
> when I run "ifconfig -promisc eth0" the netstat -i continues to show the
M.
>
> I also ran:
> ip link set eth1 down
> ip link set eth1 up promisc off
>
> But it doesn't work to - the M still appears.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Gene Lee" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: "Bruno Negr�o" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2002 5:25 PM
> Subject: Re: netstat -i shows promiscuous mode!!
>
>
> > From: "Bruno Negr�o" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > In the column "Flag" I have the flag "M" which means "promicuous mode"
> as
> > I
> > > read in some documentations.
> > >
> > > Why is my interfaces starting up in promiscuous mode. Which are the
> > > implications? How can I stop it?
> >
> > The M does not stand for promiscuous mode. Where did you read that? The
> > flags are a shortened form of the state of the interface, as if you had
> done
> > an "ifconfig". See for yourself, do an "ifconfig eth0" and "ifconfig lo"
> and
> > see how it corresponds:
> >
> > BMRU = Broadcast, Multicast, Running, Up
> > LRU = Loopback, Running, Up
> >
> > --
> > Gene Lee
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