Re: NET5501 and tcpdump problem

[Jukka Marin <jmarin%embedtronics.fi@localhost>]

On Tue, Nov 27, 2012 at 09:28:32AM +0100, J. Hannken-Illjes wrote:
> > When I start "tcpdump -i vr0" on NET5501 / NetBSD 6.0, all incoming traffic
> > stops for 30 seconds and when I kill tcpdump it happens again.  Other
> > interfaces work normally during this time.  I got this in kernel log:
> 
> Most likely switching promiscuous mode on and off.  Some controllers
> have to re-negotiate the link.  Giving the `-p' flag to tcpdump disables
> promiscuous mode.

Indeed, this helps.  Thanks!

  Jukka