Date: Wed, 24 Feb 1999 18:13:05 +0100 (CET) From: Jeroen Ruigrok/Asmodai <asmodai@wxs.nl> To: (Jim Mercer) <jim@reptiles.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: RE: problems with the ep (ethernet) driver? 2.2.[67] Message-ID: <XFMail.990224181305.asmodai@wxs.nl> In-Reply-To: <m10FOro-00080sC@mailbox.reptiles.org>
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On 23-Feb-99 Jim Mercer wrote: > > oddly enough, if i fire up a tcpdump on the core router ep interface, > packets start flowing instantly. > > my feeling is that for some reason, kicking the ep driver into > promiscuous mode causes gated to retrun to normal operation. Correct assumption. > is there some bug with the ep driver, and promiscuous mode? > or is it possibly a bug in gated, misinterpreting the ep driver? It isn't a bug in gated I think since the packet stream gets initialised by kicking it into promiscuous mode like ye said. This is a driver problem. I do remember a thread about a likewise problem, but cannot for the gods remember which forum it was. Try a search of questions and net with promiscuous mode as the search key. I'll try and see what I can find myself. --- Jeroen Ruigrok van der Werven http://www.freebsdzine.org>; asmodai(at)wxs.nl The idea does not replace the work... Network/Security Specialist <http://home.wxs.nl/~asmodai>; *BSD: Powered by Knowledge & Know-how <http://www.freebsd.org>; To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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