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Date: Mon, 3 Jul 2000 15:40:31 -0600 (MDT)
From: Nick Rogness <nick@rapidnet.com>
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Subject: Re: BPF and Promiscuous Mode
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On Mon, 3 Jul 2000, Dan Nelson wrote:

> In the last episode (Jul 03), Nick Evans said:
> > How do I set an interface in promiscous mode permanently? In Linux
> > it's simply ifconfig <interface> PROMISC. Is there something similar
> > in BSD? Is it somekind of sysctl command?

	Stupid Man's Answer:

	I would just run on bootup:

	 /usr/sbin/tcpdump >> /dev/null &

	Probaby not the answer you are looking for, but maybe it will
	help.

Nick Rogness
- Speak softly and carry a Gigabit switch.






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