Date: Tue, 22 May 2007 07:19:11 +0200 From: Ian FREISLICH <ianf@clue.co.za> To: "Jack Vogel" <jfvogel@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: em0 hijacking traffic to port 623 Message-ID: <E1HqMm7-0000V4-AL@clue.co.za> In-Reply-To: Message from "Jack Vogel" <jfvogel@gmail.com> of "Mon, 21 May 2007 16:17:07 MST." <2a41acea0705211617p17f74964oabdc88564376ada3@mail.gmail.com>
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"Jack Vogel" wrote: > On 5/21/07, Sten Spans <sten@blinkenlights.nl> wrote: > > On Mon, 21 May 2007, Ian FREISLICH wrote: > > > I've looked at the bios, but I can't find any settings that remotely > > > hint IPMI or RMCP+ or serial-over-lan. > > > > > > Does anyone know how I can stop the card or system from stealing > > > port 623 in hardware or must I just stop using em0 (and/or Intel NICS)? > > > > Does "ifconfig em0 promisc" help ? > > That fixed firmware related vanishing ipv6 packets on fxp and em. > > Is this happening even with the latest CURRENT driver, there is code in > it now that is supposed to stop the firmware from doing that, at least > that was the theory :) No, it's a March 6 current. How safe is it to just update the sys/dev/em directory and recompile? Quite a lot has changed in CURRENT since then and I don't want to update everything on these servers just yet. Ian -- Ian Freislich
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