From: "Chris Friesen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Mon, 12 Nov 2007 16:43:24 -0600
> David Miller wrote: > > > When you select VLAN, you by definition are asking for non-VLAN > > traffic to be elided. It is like plugging the ethernet cable > > into one switch or another. > > For max functionality it seems like the raw eth device should show > everything on the wire in promiscuous mode. > > If we want to sniff only the traffic for a specific vlan, we can sniff > the vlan device. VLAN settings are a filter of sorts, much like plugging into one switch or another filters traffic physically. If you don't want that filter, turn the VLAN settings off. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
