From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Apr 9 15:21:53 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C2BED16A400 for ; Sun, 9 Apr 2006 15:21:53 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jhorne@dfwlp.com) Received: from zeus.int.dfwlp.com (zeus.dfwlp.com [208.11.134.127]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 09E6943D6A for ; Sun, 9 Apr 2006 15:21:47 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from jhorne@dfwlp.com) Received: from hera.int.dfwlp.com (hera.int.dfwlp.com [192.168.125.82]) (authenticated bits=0) by zeus.int.dfwlp.com (8.13.6/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k39FLmGx082110 for ; Sun, 9 Apr 2006 10:21:48 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from jhorne@dfwlp.com) From: Jonathan Horne To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Date: Sun, 9 Apr 2006 10:21:45 -0500 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.1 References: <6.0.0.22.2.20060409100537.02962288@mail.computinginnovations.com> In-Reply-To: <6.0.0.22.2.20060409100537.02962288@mail.computinginnovations.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200604091021.46103.jhorne@dfwlp.com> X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.4 required=5.0 tests=ALL_TRUSTED autolearn=failed version=3.1.1 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.1 (2006-03-10) on zeus.int.dfwlp.com Subject: Re: fxp: promiscuous mode enabled X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 09 Apr 2006 15:21:53 -0000 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