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Date:      Sun, 09 Apr 2006 17:22:30 +0200
From:      Oliver Leitner <Shadow333@gmx.at>
To:        Derek Ragona <derek@computinginnovations.com>
Cc:        Thiago Esteves de Oliveira <thiago.e.o@gmail.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: fxp: promiscuous mode enabled
Message-ID:  <443926B6.1060901@gmx.at>
In-Reply-To: <6.0.0.22.2.20060409100537.02962288@mail.computinginnovations.com>
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To add, most kinds of network statistic programs will put the card into
"catch all" mode...

i would try to watch the system messages, and in case it happens run a
ps to see whats happening... that in case, you have not started any kind
of program that does statistical network analysis or content grabbing...

Derek Ragona schrieb:
> promiscuous mode means the ethernet NIC grabs ALL packets, not just the
> ones addressed to it.  This is typically done by packet sniffers.
> 
>         -Derek
> 
> 
> At 09:35 AM 4/9/2006, Thiago Esteves de Oliveira 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 ...
>>
>> -- 
>> ================================================
>> > Thiago Esteves de Oliveira                                      <
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