Subject: RE: promiscuous mode on ex1???
To: Stefan Schumacher <stefan@net-tex.de>
From: Nicolas Saurbier <Nicolas.Saurbier@biodata.de>
List: netbsd-help
Date: 08/01/2002 13:10:00
OK, but how do I set the ALLMULTI flag???

ifconfig ex1 ALLMULTI ???? That doesn=B4t work

-----Original Message-----
From: Stefan Schumacher [mailto:stefan@net-tex.de]
Sent: Donnerstag, 1. August 2002 12:15
To: Nicolas Saurbier
Cc: bsd-help (E-mail) (E-mail)
Subject: Re: promiscuous mode on ex1???


On Thu, 1 Aug 2002, Nicolas Saurbier wrote:

> Hi,
>
> how can I set my Networkcard into promiscuous mode???

$ ifconfig -promisc DEV
but thats not implemented in NetBSD ifconfig,
so use a sniffer or arpwatch.

> Is it the flag "ALLMULTI"???

No. It is promisc

> Here an "ifconfig" from anonther machine:
>
> rtk1: flags=3D8a43<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,ALLMULTI,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> =
mtu 1500
>         media: Ethernet autoselect (100baseTX full-duplex)
>         status: active
>         inet 192.168.225.1 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast =
192.168.225.255
>
> How do I switch my "ex1" to ALLMULTI?? How can i set these Flags?

http://www.tldp.org/LDP/nag2/x-087-2-iface.ifconfig.html :
 ____
/
| allmulti
|
| Multicast addresses are like Ethernet broadcast addresses, except
| that instead of automatically including everybody, the only people
| who receive packets sent to a multicast address are those
| programmed to listen to it. This is useful for applications like
| Ethernet-based videoconferencing or network audio, to which only
| those interested can listen. Multicast addressing is supported by
| most, but not all, Ethernet drivers. When this option is enabled,
| the interface receives and passes multicast packets for
| processing. This option corresponds to the ALLMULTI flag.
\___


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