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Date:      Thu, 20 Jun 1996 08:21:41 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Dave Babler <dbabler@Rigel.orionsys.com>
To:        Garrett Wollman <wollman@lcs.mit.edu>
Cc:        questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: tcpdump / trafshow / ifconfig problem
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.91.960620081904.4951A-100000@Rigel.orionsys.com>
In-Reply-To: <9606201508.AA25988@halloran-eldar.lcs.mit.edu>

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On Thu, 20 Jun 1996, Garrett Wollman wrote:

> > Never a good deed that goes unpunished...
> > I just tried to run the port trafshow but when I do, it says:
> 
> >   trafshow: BIOCSETIF: ix0: Device not configured
> 
> The `ix' driver doesn't support BPF, so those programs which use BPF
> to examine traffic running through the system won't work with it.
> (It's probably a pretty poor choice for any sort of network monitoring
> anyway; the hardware just generally sucks.)
> 
> -GAWollman

Granted, the EtherExpress 16 is an old card, but it was available and 
works just fine otherwise. What NICs are highly regarded, price/performance 
wise for FBSD?

-Dave



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