Date: Tue, 04 Jan 2000 08:26:11 -0700 From: Wes Peters <wes@softweyr.com> To: DRHAGER@de.ibm.com Cc: Olaf Hoyer <ohoyer@fbwi.fh-wilhelmshaven.de>, freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: sniffing networks Message-ID: <38721113.FBC3B90E@softweyr.com> References: <C125685C.002D7B4D.00@d12mta01.de.ibm.com>
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DRHAGER@de.ibm.com wrote:
>
> Hi!
>
> Just have the same problem in our students-home network...
> Peer-to-peer network, every OS present, of course no central
> administration... ;-(
> #Would not help anyway...
> 150 users conected...
>
> OK: How do you perform a search for cards in promiscuous mode?
> (Taking some expensive analyzer progs or some simple stuff under UN*X,
> Linsux or NT?)
Why would you want to search for network interfaces in promiscuous mode?
Stick the users on switched ports so they can't sniff other users packets
and be done with it.
--
"Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket?"
Wes Peters Softweyr LLC
wes@softweyr.com http://softweyr.com/
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