From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Nov 25 9:18:29 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from bps.jodocus.org (c115139.upc-c.chello.nl [212.187.115.139]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9A95137B405 for ; Sun, 25 Nov 2001 09:18:25 -0800 (PST) Received: (from joost@localhost) by bps.jodocus.org (8.11.3/8.11.3) id fAPHIKt03957; Sun, 25 Nov 2001 18:18:21 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from joost) Date: Sun, 25 Nov 2001 18:18:19 +0100 From: Joost Bekkers To: Joseph Maxwell , questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Promiscuous mode? Message-ID: <20011125181819.A3911@bps.jodocus.org> References: <3C012670.8F0FFE0A@ns.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0.1i In-Reply-To: <3C012670.8F0FFE0A@ns.net>; from jaymax@ns.net on Sun, Nov 25, 2001 at 09:12:16AM -0800 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Sun, Nov 25, 2001 at 09:12:16AM -0800, Joseph Maxwell wrote: > Hello, > > Setting up a LAN behind a DSL Router on a 486 -DX2 Box: BSD 4.2 > for network card > > dmesg ==> > > ed0: device timeout > ed0: promiscuous mode enabled > You wouldn't be trying to use an isa nic? If so, check your irq setting. > What is promiscuous mode ? > During 'normal' operations a network card only takes packets from the net which have the cards mac address as a destination (and the broadcast packets) In promiscuous mode it takes all packets. -- greetz Joost joost@jodocus.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message