Date: Thu, 22 Feb 2001 09:03:49 -0800 From: Jim Binkley <jrb@cs.pdx.edu> To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: wi and promiscuous mode Message-ID: <200102221703.JAA02104@sirius.cs.pdx.edu>
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Try tcpdump -p ... meaning don't do promiscous mode. There isn't any reason to believe that in BSS mode, prom. mode will help much. Unless I am incredibly wrong (and if I am, please bash me, because someday I want to actually understand the technical ramifications of BSS mode), you can't see 3rd party wireless traffic anyway by definition. In BSS mode, I think all you can see is your traffic, the AP's traffic, and broadcast (or multicast) leaks from the ethernet side (and maybe the occasional unicast leak from the ethernet side too?). Two comments: 1. IMHO, APs suck for the 1 millionth time in a row. Sorry, I can't help it. :-> A layer 3 approach beats a layer 2 approach. This was a paid political announcement. 2. please if you post a problem like this, state whether you are in ad hoc mode or BSS mode. Jim Binkley jrb@cs.pdx.edu To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message
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