Re: eth0 promiscuous mode

2002-08-30 Thread Nathan
Hi David, > Will promiscuous mode work properly if my computer is plugged into a > switch? I've tried unsuccessfully to use tcpdump or tethereal to view > all the network traffic, but I'm always confined to traffic that either > originates or is destined to my machine (broadcasts too). Or is it

Re: eth0 promiscuous mode

2002-08-30 Thread Ray Olszewski
See below. At 11:18 AM 8/30/02 -0500, David Yeu wrote: >Ray Olszewski wrote: >> >>Normally, the firmware in a NIC filters incoming traffic and passes to >>the OS only those Ethernet frames that are addressed to the NIC's >>hardware (MAC) address. When in promiscuous mode, the NIC firmware pas

Re: eth0 promiscuous mode

2002-08-30 Thread David Yeu
Ray Olszewski wrote: > > Normally, the firmware in a NIC filters incoming traffic and passes to > the OS only those Ethernet frames that are addressed to the NIC's > hardware (MAC) address. When in promiscuous mode, the NIC firmware > passes ALL Ethernet frames up the ladder, not just ones se

Re: eth0 promiscuous mode

2002-08-30 Thread Ray Olszewski
At 10:06 AM 8/30/02 +0200, Axel Siebenwirth wrote: >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 m

RE: eth0 promiscuous mode

2002-08-30 Thread Mojo Jojo
#x27;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 > > > >O

Re: eth0 promiscuous mode

2002-08-30 Thread Axel H. Siebenwirth
Joseph Jackson wrote: > wow how rude. Why would you call his or anyone elses question stupid? if > you can't help you shouldn't reply to posts. I'm really sorry for my syntactical error. What I meant to be stupid was my question I asked ;) since I do not know what the promiscuous mode is. When

RE: eth0 promiscuous mode

2002-08-30 Thread Joseph Jackson
D]] >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

Re: eth0 promiscuous mode

2002-08-30 Thread Axel Siebenwirth
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 tcpd

Re: eth0 promiscuous mode

2002-08-29 Thread Ray Olszewski
At 09:31 AM 8/30/02 +0530, Natarajan K wrote: >HI, > I am part of a LAN and get my IP through DHCP. Will eth0 > 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. Huh? You don't need your interface in p

eth0 promiscuous mode

2002-08-29 Thread Natarajan K
HI, I am part of a LAN and get my IP through DHCP. Will eth0 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. -- Natarajan - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" in t