From owner-freebsd-net Wed Jan 5 11:17:43 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Received: from intranova.net (blacklisted.intranova.net [209.3.31.70]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id BEF53154BB for ; Wed, 5 Jan 2000 11:17:30 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from oogali@intranova.net) Received: (qmail 45391 invoked from network); 5 Jan 2000 14:19:28 -0000 Received: from hydrant.intranova.net (user90359@209.201.95.10) by blacklisted.intranova.net with SMTP; 5 Jan 2000 14:19:28 -0000 Date: Wed, 5 Jan 2000 14:15:16 -0500 (EST) From: Omachonu Ogali To: Wes Peters Cc: DRHAGER@de.ibm.com, Olaf Hoyer , freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: sniffing networks In-Reply-To: <38721113.FBC3B90E@softweyr.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org That doesn't always work. Our 3Com CoreBuilder starts handing out packets to every port on the switch during a severe flood, we've pointed this problem out to 3Com and are awaiting a fix, but I just wanted to let you know that a switched network doesn't always help. Omachonu Ogali Intranova Networking Group On Tue, 4 Jan 2000, Wes Peters wrote: > DRHAGER@de.ibm.com wrote: > > > > Hi! > > > > Just have the same problem in our students-home network... > > Peer-to-peer network, every OS present, of course no central > > administration... ;-( > > #Would not help anyway... > > 150 users conected... > > > > OK: How do you perform a search for cards in promiscuous mode? > > (Taking some expensive analyzer progs or some simple stuff under UN*X, > > Linsux or NT?) > > Why would you want to search for network interfaces in promiscuous mode? > Stick the users on switched ports so they can't sniff other users packets > and be done with it. > > -- > "Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket?" > > Wes Peters Softweyr LLC > wes@softweyr.com http://softweyr.com/ > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-net" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-net" in the body of the message