From owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Aug 19 19:16:26 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0DCB416A41F for ; Fri, 19 Aug 2005 19:16:26 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from paul@distributel.net) Received: from smtp.distributel.net (cns2.distributel.NET [66.38.181.21]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9D46843D48 for ; Fri, 19 Aug 2005 19:16:25 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from paul@distributel.net) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by smtp.distributel.net (8.12.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id j7JJGOe8026836 for ; Fri, 19 Aug 2005 15:16:24 -0400 (EDT) Date: Fri, 19 Aug 2005 15:16:24 -0400 (EDT) From: Paul Khavkine X-X-Sender: paul@krusty.mtl.distributel.net To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20050819150328.G25493-100000@krusty.mtl.distributel.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Subject: Reading raw ethernet X-BeenThere: freebsd-net@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Networking and TCP/IP with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 19 Aug 2005 19:16:26 -0000 Hi guys. I'm writing a small program to read raw ethernet frames out of netgraph to capture Spannign Tree packets from the switch. Is it possible to pick up STP frames without putting the interface in promiscuous mode ? Thanx Paul ************************************************ Paul Khavkine Networks/Systems Planning and Engineering DISTRIBUTEL Communications. 740 Notre Dame West, Suite 1135 Montreal, Quebec, Canada, H3C 3X6 +1-514-877-5505 x 263 http://www.distributel.net ************************************************