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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>
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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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