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Date:      Mon, 30 Dec 1996 12:17:31 +1030 (CST)
From:      Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au>
To:        spidaman@well.com (Ian Kallen)
Cc:        freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: promiscuous mode NICs?
Message-ID:  <199612300147.MAA04919@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.3.93.961229123742.24211B-100000@well.com> from Ian Kallen at "Dec 29, 96 12:44:39 pm"

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Ian Kallen stands accused of saying:
> 
> I'm thinking about getting a Dell latitude to run fbsd on the go.  One
> thing I'd like to be able to do is use it as a portable network
> troubleshooter so I'd have bpfilter support and a promiscuous pcmcia NIC
> for sniffing duty.  The FAQ mentions compatibility with pcmcia NICs from
> "IBM and National Semiconductor" -- anybody set up network sniffing with
> these devices?  Which models are we talking about here anyway?

The Accton EN2216 works just fine (NE2000-compatible) (we have several).

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