Date: Wed, 11 May 2005 23:04:10 -0400 From: Chuck Swiger <cswiger@mac.com> To: Daniel Valencia <fetrovsky@yahoo.com> Cc: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Subject: Re: sending MAC packets --- again Message-ID: <4282C7AA.6070508@mac.com> In-Reply-To: <20050512023052.27331.qmail@web53901.mail.yahoo.com> References: <20050512023052.27331.qmail@web53901.mail.yahoo.com>
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Daniel Valencia wrote: > About my previous message, I think that the problem is > that i'm using a switch, where I thought I had a > hub... If I'm sending ethernet broadcast packets... > will they be forwarded to all the ports of a switch?? Broadcast packets will go to all the ports on a switch. They'd have to, or else ARP and IP conflict detection wouldn't work. Nevertheless, your packet capturing experience will be happier if you use a hub, or else configure the switches' "monitor port" to be the port the sniffing box is listening on, assuming your switch supports this capability. -- -Chuck
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