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Subject: Re: intel pro/100 vm not going to promiscuous mode ?
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Thanks. I was on a switched n/w. One of the n/w guys confirmed that ( and
gave me a very strange look when i said 'tcpdump' :-)

On Sun, 7 Jul 2002, Matthew Seaman wrote:

> Date: Sun, 7 Jul 2002 14:30:45 +0100
> From: Matthew Seaman <m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk>
> To: saju.pillai@oracle.com
> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG
> Subject: Re: intel pro/100 vm not going to promiscuous mode ?
>
> On Sun, Jul 07, 2002 at 05:55:10PM +0530, saju.pillai@oracle.com wrote:
>
> > 	I am running 'tcpdump -i fxp0' , but I am only seeing packets
> > which are meant for me. (tcpdump is v3.4)
>
> Sounds like you're working on a fully switched network --- very nice,
> if you can afford it.  Switched networks work by knowing what machines
> are accessible through which network ports --- they keep a table of
> the ethernet MAC addresses seen on passing packets --- and they make
> the most efficient possible use of bandwidth by only sending traffic
> down the wires to the machines it's intended for.
>


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