From owner-freebsd-hackers Mon Jan 12 19:03:49 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id TAA18335 for hackers-outgoing; Mon, 12 Jan 1998 19:03:49 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from localhost.zilker.net (jump-x2-1146.jumpnet.com [207.8.67.146]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id TAA18320 for ; Mon, 12 Jan 1998 19:03:35 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from marquard@zilker.net) Received: (from marquard@localhost) by localhost.zilker.net (8.8.8/8.8.3) id VAA18421; Mon, 12 Jan 1998 21:03:01 -0600 (CST) To: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Token Ring info References: <9801121820.AA14438@gnu.sdsp.mc.xerox.com> From: Dave Marquardt Date: 12 Jan 1998 21:02:59 -0600 In-Reply-To: "Marty Leisner"'s message of "Mon, 12 Jan 1998 10:20:02 PST" Message-ID: <85pvlxcbz0.fsf@localhost.zilker.net> Lines: 9 X-Mailer: Quassia Gnus v0.17/XEmacs 19.16 - "Lille" Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk "Marty Leisner" writes: > My understanding is the IBM tokenring cards don't support > promiscious mode, hence no tcpdump. This was certainly true with the older ones for the RS/6000, though newer adapters do indeed support promiscuous mode. I suspect this is also true for newer adapters for the PC. -Dave (who works for IBM in his day job)