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Date:      Mon, 15 Feb 1999 13:55:12 -0500
From:      "Louis A. Mamakos" <louie@TransSys.COM>
To:        Bill Fumerola <billf@chc-chimes.com>
Cc:        GVB <gvbmail@tns.net>, freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Router stats & NIC in prom. mode... 
Message-ID:  <199902151855.NAA74061@whizzo.transsys.com>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 15 Feb 1999 07:44:21 EST." <Pine.HPP.3.96.990215074345.14926A-100000@hp9000.chc-chimes.com> 
References:  <Pine.HPP.3.96.990215074345.14926A-100000@hp9000.chc-chimes.com> 

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> > Also, I need a program that checks the local ethernet for network cards
> > that are in promiscous(sp) mode.. i found a few, but none would compile on
> > FreeBSD.. if anyone can recommend anything it would be appriciated.
> > Thanks
> 
> Hmmmm... send the ones that didn't compile to billf@FreeBSD.org, and I'll
> take a look at them.

I'm really curious.  What mechanism can you use to detect that another
Ethernet MAC is accepting all frames, rather than filtering on multicast,
broadcast or frames addressed to the built-in MAC address?

louie


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