Well Grant, theres a little known tale of a Linux user that once had an affair with his machine because it never cheated like his other one. Maybe this is why it's hanging on shutdown (just can't let me go...?)? Whatdya think? See real updated information below... -------Here's your answer Grant---------- promiscuous mode 1) In a network, promiscuous mode allows a network device to intercept and read each network packet that arrives in its entirety. This mode of operation is sometimes given to a network snoop server that captures and saves all packets for analysis (for example, for monitoring network usage).
2) In an Ethernet local area network (LAN), promiscuous mode is a mode of operation in which every data packet transmitted can be received and read by a network adapter. Promiscuous mode must be supported by each network adapter as well as by the input/output driver in the host operating system. Promiscuous mode is often used to monitor network activity. Promiscuous mode is the opposite of non-promiscuous mode. When a data packet is transmitted in non-promiscuous mode, all the LAN devices "hear" the data to determine if the network address included in the data packet is theirs. If it isn't, the data packet is passed onto the next LAN device until the device with the correct network address is reached. That device then receives and reads the data. ------- By the way...I shut down the eth0 interface prior to shutting down the machine and (lo and behold...) it didn't hang! (Yippee!!) Well, small victories are the sweetest sometime. On Thursday 22 November 2001 08:23 pm, Grant Fraser wrote: > Promiscuous mode? > I've never heard of promiscuous mode. Does that mean it sneaks past your > firewall at night to find cheap thrills on the internet? > > On November 21, 2001 07:16 pm, Steve Weltman wrote: > > Hi Derek, > > Thanks for the fast response. I am using the 3c905TX, which is a PCI > > card (in a standard PC). NFS is not defined. No, I haven't tried > > stopping the network yet (but I will this time). > > > > Syslog... > > Nov 20 10:41:30 sweltman33 ifup: Determining IP information for eth0... > > Nov 20 10:41:32 sweltman33 network: Bringing up interface eth0: succeeded > > Nov 20 10:41:56 sweltman33 kernel: eth0: Setting promiscuous mode. > > Nov 20 10:41:56 sweltman33 kernel: device eth0 entered promiscuous mode > > Nov 20 12:20:06 sweltman33 kernel: device eth0 left promiscuous mode > > Nov 20 12:21:56 sweltman33 ifup: Determining IP information for eth0... > > Nov 20 12:21:56 sweltman33 network: Bringing up interface eth0: succeeded > > Nov 20 12:22:21 sweltman33 kernel: eth0: Setting promiscuous mode. > > Nov 20 12:22:21 sweltman33 kernel: device eth0 entered promiscuous mode > > Nov 20 20:46:42 sweltman33 kernel: eth0: Setting promiscuous mode. > > Nov 20 20:46:42 sweltman33 kernel: device eth0 entered promiscuous mode > > Nov 21 08:34:51 sweltman33 kernel: eth0: Setting promiscuous mode. > > Nov 21 08:34:51 sweltman33 kernel: device eth0 entered promiscuous mode > > > > Nothing else though.. > > > > Let me know what else you need to see. > > > > Thanks again! > > Steve Weltman > > > > On Wednesday 21 November 2001 11:37 am, Derek Jennings wrote: > > > Hmm... Thats a 3com driver isn't it. I'm using that one without any > > > problems. Is it a PCMCIA card? > > > You do not have NFS defined do you? That can cause hangs on power down. > > > > > > Have you tried stopping the network before you shut down? > > > > > > What are the last messages in the syslog. Any clues? > > > > > > On Wednesday 21 November 2001 18:09, you wrote: > > > > Hey group, > > > > > > > > I am still crashing every time I need to power down the PC. I am > > > > greatful that Linux has the sense to do a fsck when it reboots, or > > > > I'd be screwed. Well, I have changed the lines in the > > > > /etc/modules.conf to read--> > > > > > > > > /etc/modules.conf file > > > > pre-install pcmcia_core CARDMGR_OPTS=-f /etc/rc.d/init.d/pcmcia start > > > > alias usb-interface uhci > > > > alias sound-slot-0 emu10k1 > > > > probeall scsi_hostadapter ide-scsi > > > > alias eth0 3c59x > > > > > > > > I think I need to ask the machine to issue a SIGHUP to the eth0 on > > > > exit, but even if I did, I can't remember which 'S' file to put it > > > > into (or the run level to put it in). > > > > > > > > Sugestions anyone? > > > > > > > > Thanks! > > > > Steve Weltman > > > > > > > > _________________________________________________________ > > > > Do You Yahoo!? > > > > Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com > > > > _________________________________________________________ > > Do You Yahoo!? > > Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com > > ---------------------------------------- > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-15"; name="message.footer" > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit > Content-Description: > ---------------------------------------- _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com
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