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Date: Thu, 28 Aug 1997 09:32:41 -0500
To: Jacques Hugo <jacques@wired.ctech.ac.za>
From: Shawn Leas <poker2@northernnet.com>
Subject: Re: tcplist problem (retry #1)
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At 03:51 PM 8/28/97 +0200, Jacques wrote:

>> error when I use tcplist?  Also, how do I configure the /dev/bpf0 device?
>
>What /dev/bpf0 is, is the the Berkeley Packet Filter that puts your
>ed* in promiscuous mode which alows you to do all sorts of fun stuff.

I will enable this device at my earliest convenience, but does this explain
the

select: Bad file descriptor

error message I get when using tcplist?

>-Jacques