From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Feb 16 09:02:13 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id JAA14691 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Mon, 16 Feb 1998 09:02:13 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from verdi.jlc.net (verdi.jlc.net [199.201.159.1]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id JAA14554 for ; Mon, 16 Feb 1998 09:02:01 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from ben@jlc.net) Received: (from ben@localhost) by verdi.jlc.net (8.8.7/8.6.9) id MAA09911; Mon, 16 Feb 1998 12:03:15 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <19980216120315.15434@verdi.jlc.net> Date: Mon, 16 Feb 1998 12:03:15 -0500 From: Ben April To: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: BPF Assistance Reply-To: ben@jlc.net References: <199802151615.QAA02228@cobra.ordata.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.84 In-Reply-To: ; from Joe "Marcus" Clarke on Sun, Feb 15, 1998 at 07:20:11PM -0500 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Sun, Feb 15, 1998 at 07:20:11PM -0500, Joe "Marcus" Clarke wrote: > You need to tell the kernel how many filters you want. I currently use > 16...why, well, I shouldn't need more than that. Each filter allows a > concurrent process to watch an interface. Just add the following line > to your kernel config file: > > pseudo-device bpfilter x > > Where x is the number of filters you want. Once the kernel is > installed, then you need to use a program like trafshow to get the > ethernet card to enter promiscuous mode. Don't forget to: cd /dev ./MAKEDEV bpf[x] or you will get device not found. -- -- Benjamin D. April -- John Leslie Consulting Tech. Director -- New Web Site http://www.stagecraft.net -- Emergency -- Policy Change: Pilage First! Then Burn. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message