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Date:      Thu, 21 Jun 2001 19:09:58 -0500
From:      Tony Wells <tony@camel.kdsi.net>
To:        Robin Woolard <RWoolard@NewWorldApps.com>
Cc:        "'freebsd-questions@freebsd.org'" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: how to configure nic with promiscuous mode
Message-ID:  <3B328CD6.EAED368F@camel.kdsi.net>
References:  <48F26311AF9C9943926CA0CD204BC2140C3FE9@nwa-srv-01.newworldapps.com>

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Did you compile support in your kernel for the 'bpf' (Berkley Packet
Filter) pseudo-device?  If not, sniffers won't sniff.  (I'm not sure if
this is turned on by default for the generic kernel.)

Robin Woolard wrote:
> 
> I am trying to set my nic to promiscuous mode at start up but can't seem to
> figure out how to do this.  On Sun Solaris and Linux, I can manually set the
> card to promiscuous mode by running "ifconfig [interface] promisc".  This
> doesn't seem to work on FreeBSD.
> 
> When I want to start a nic in promiscuous mode at boot time, I can put a
> similar line in the rc files on Sun/Linux but since the "promisc" argument
> doesn't work with ifconfig on FreeBSD, I'm at a loss as to what to do here
> also.  Any help would be appreciated!
> 
> Thank you,
> R. Woolard
> 
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