Date: Sun, 9 Apr 2006 10:21:45 -0500 From: Jonathan Horne <jhorne@dfwlp.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: fxp: promiscuous mode enabled Message-ID: <200604091021.46103.jhorne@dfwlp.com> In-Reply-To: <6.0.0.22.2.20060409100537.02962288@mail.computinginnovations.com> References: <c46abf9d0604090735se4ca24dna3a16dc5a0f38208@mail.gmail.com> <6.0.0.22.2.20060409100537.02962288@mail.computinginnovations.com>
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On Sunday 09 April 2006 10:06, Derek Ragona wrote: > promiscuous mode means the ethernet NIC grabs ALL packets, not just the > ones addressed to it. This is typically done by packet sniffers. > > -Derek > > At 09:35 AM 4/9/2006, Thiago Esteves de Oliveira wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I have a problem with my ethernet adapter (fxp)... > > > > When a run 'dmesg', look: > > > > fxp: promiscuous mode enabled > > fxp: promiscuous mode disabled > > fxp: promiscuous mode enabled > > fxp: promiscuous mode disabled > > > > I didn't find it in fxp's manual... > > > > > >What's it ... > > > >-- > >================================================ > > > > > Thiago Esteves de Oliveira < > > > >================================================ Typical Intel ethernet nic behavior of every one ive ever had. they do that in linux too. i think its just part of its initialization routines or something. it ends up in the disabled mode anyway, i dont think its worth worrying over. :) cheers, jonathan
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