Date: Thu, 21 Jun 2001 19:09:58 -0500 From: Tony Wells <tony@camel.kdsi.net> To: Robin Woolard <RWoolard@NewWorldApps.com> Cc: "'freebsd-questions@freebsd.org'" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: how to configure nic with promiscuous mode Message-ID: <3B328CD6.EAED368F@camel.kdsi.net> References: <48F26311AF9C9943926CA0CD204BC2140C3FE9@nwa-srv-01.newworldapps.com>
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Did you compile support in your kernel for the 'bpf' (Berkley Packet Filter) pseudo-device? If not, sniffers won't sniff. (I'm not sure if this is turned on by default for the generic kernel.) Robin Woolard wrote: > > I am trying to set my nic to promiscuous mode at start up but can't seem to > figure out how to do this. On Sun Solaris and Linux, I can manually set the > card to promiscuous mode by running "ifconfig [interface] promisc". This > doesn't seem to work on FreeBSD. > > When I want to start a nic in promiscuous mode at boot time, I can put a > similar line in the rc files on Sun/Linux but since the "promisc" argument > doesn't work with ifconfig on FreeBSD, I'm at a loss as to what to do here > also. Any help would be appreciated! > > Thank you, > R. Woolard > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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