He wasn't calling the otehr question stupid, he was saying i have a stupid qustion as in he didnt know what promiscuosmsosus mode was....
easy tiger....... > wow how rude. Why would you call his or anyone elses question stupid? if > you can't help you shouldn't reply to posts. > > -----------------------Original Message----------------------- > >From: Axel Siebenwirth [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > >To: Linux Newbie [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > >Date: 8/30/2002 12:09:00 AM > >Subject: Re: eth0 promiscuous mode > > > >On Thu, 29 Aug 2002, Ray Olszewski wrote: > > > >> >interface be put in > >> >promiscuous mode initially or is there any option I should use to put > it in > >> >promiscuous mode? I use Mandrake 8.2. > > > >Very stupid question: What is the promiscuous mode? I think I see my NIC > >going into that mode when I start tcpdump... > > > >Thank you, > >Axel > >- - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" 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.linux-learn.org/faqs