Date: Sat, 23 Aug 1997 12:49:16 -0700 (PDT) From: Tom Samplonius <tom@sdf.com> To: cschuber@uumail.gov.bc.ca Cc: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 3C509B Card Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.95q.970823124717.18436D-100000@misery.sdf.com> In-Reply-To: <199708231622.JAA08525@cwsys.cwent.com>
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On Sat, 23 Aug 1997, Cy Schubert wrote: > I think I got my answer from the 3Com website. > > Question: Can the EtherLink III family of adapters operate in promiscuous > mode? > > Answer: All EtherLink III family adapters are certified for promiscuous > mode. However, the parallel task feature of these adapters does not support > the promiscuous mode since it drops the bad packets before it gets to the > CPU. Not really. Most cards (all?) handle retransmits internally these days. However, I don't belive the Etherlink driver is reading the count off the card. Some of the other drivers use to report 0 for collisions as well, until the driver was educated on where to read the collision count from. > Regards, Phone: (250)387-8437 > Cy Schubert Fax: (250)387-5766 > UNIX Support OV/VM: BCSC02(CSCHUBER) > ITSD BITNET: CSCHUBER@BCSC02.BITNET > Government of BC Internet: cschuber@uumail.gov.bc.ca > cschuber@bcsc02.gov.bc.ca > > "Quit spooling around, JES do it." Tom
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