Re: promiscuous mode

["Robert D. Currier" <rdc@netcom.duke.edu>]

No problem. Glad to help.
L'uccello mattiniero si becca il verme 

-Bob

On Thu, 8 Feb 2001, Guido Notari wrote:

> "Robert D. Currier" wrote:
> 
> > You *are* on a -shared- network port, not a switched
> > port, aren't you?  Doesn't matter whether you promiscous
> > mode turned on or not if you're on a switched port. You'll
> > only see traffic destined for that host.
> > 
> > We use optical splitters to peel a portion of the signal
> > out for monitoring purposes.  Mirror ports work as well, but
> > they add CPU overhead to the router.
> 
> Grrrrr, I checked, the little thing IS actually a switch, not a simple
> ethernet hub.
> That's the reason...
> 
> Thanks for the quick answer.
> 
> 	Ciao
> 		Guido
> 

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