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Date:      Sun, 9 Apr 2006 10:57:49 -0400
From:      Bill Moran <wmoran@collaborativefusion.com>
To:        "Thiago Esteves de Oliveira" <thiago.e.o@gmail.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: fxp: promiscuous mode enabled
Message-ID:  <20060409105749.5938305e.wmoran@collaborativefusion.com>
In-Reply-To: <c46abf9d0604090735se4ca24dna3a16dc5a0f38208@mail.gmail.com>
References:  <c46abf9d0604090735se4ca24dna3a16dc5a0f38208@mail.gmail.com>

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"Thiago Esteves de Oliveira" <thiago.e.o@gmail.com> wrote:

>  Hi,
> 
>  I have a problem with my ethernet adapter (fxp)...
> 
>  When a run 'dmesg',  look:
> 
>  fxp: promiscuous mode enabled
>  fxp: promiscuous mode disabled
>  fxp: promiscuous mode enabled
>  fxp: promiscuous mode disabled
> 
>  I didn't find it in fxp's manual...
> 
> 
> What's it ...

http://foldoc.org/foldoc.cgi?query=promiscuous&action=Search

Programs such as tcpdump and snort will put the interface in promiscuous
mode.

-- 
Bill Moran
Potential Technologies
http://www.potentialtech.com



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