From owner-freebsd-mobile Mon Dec 30 00:31:50 1996 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.4/8.8.4) id AAA07279 for mobile-outgoing; Mon, 30 Dec 1996 00:31:50 -0800 (PST) Received: from tfs.com (tfs.com [140.145.250.1]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.4/8.8.4) with SMTP id AAA07270 for ; Mon, 30 Dec 1996 00:31:47 -0800 (PST) Received: from critter.dk.tfs.com by tfs.com (smail3.1.28.1) with SMTP id m0veci6-0003wRC; Mon, 30 Dec 96 00:04 PST Received: from critter.dk.tfs.com (localhost.dk.tfs.com [127.0.0.1]) by critter.dk.tfs.com (8.8.2/8.8.2) with ESMTP id WAA06536; Sun, 29 Dec 1996 22:27:24 +0100 (MET) To: Ian Kallen cc: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: promiscuous mode NICs? In-reply-to: Your message of "Sun, 29 Dec 1996 12:44:39 PST." Date: Sun, 29 Dec 1996 22:27:23 +0100 Message-ID: <6534.851894843@critter.dk.tfs.com> From: Poul-Henning Kamp Sender: owner-mobile@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk In message , Ian Kallen writ es: > >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? I do that from time to time with my Gateway2000 handbook. It works OK. The card is called "Infomover" just like the rest of the cards from National. I belive the model# is 4100 but I'm not sure. -- Poul-Henning Kamp | phk@FreeBSD.ORG FreeBSD Core-team. http://www.freebsd.org/~phk | phk@login.dknet.dk Private mailbox. whois: [PHK] | phk@tfs.com TRW Financial Systems, Inc. Power and ignorance is a disgusting cocktail.