In article <200412072214.iB7ME7aT011205@lothlorien.nfbcal.org>,
	buhrow@lothlorien.nfbcal.org (Brian Buhrow) writes:
> 	Hello Folks.  I'm running a 2.0-based system with sources from May
> 19th or so, Id's given below, with a Lite-On 82C169 tulip clone chip-based
> ethernet.  If I run tcpdump on this system and put the card into
> promiscuous mode, all works fine, until tcpdump exits and takes the card
> out of promiscuous mode.  At that point, the card becomes unable to receive
> anything.  Also, from time to time, I've had the card become unable to
> receive packets at all, and the only way to recover is to do a power
> cycling of the card...

> 	Has anyone else seen this problem and figured out a fix?

Yes. A Google search might turn up an old PR, or some old messages on the
mailling list.  To make a long story short, get a different ethernet card. 
I used to have one of those -- *USED* *TO*. (Picture Joe Piscopo in "Johny
Dangerously".) Hope that helps.


Frederick