It sounds like you are connected in a switched envrionment. I don't know
about token ring, I do know that in a switched ethernet environment that's
what you see.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-ethereal-users@xxxxxxxx
> [mailto:owner-ethereal-users@xxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Ralf Sch�nian
> Sent: Friday, April 14, 2000 4:43 AM
> To: ethereal-users@xxxxxxxx
> Subject: [ethereal-users] How to get started ?
>
>
> Please help me with my very first steps in Ethereal.
>
> I have a linux pc with Suse 6.3 and a TRN Madge Presto PCI card.
> My tr0 is
> running in the promiscuous mode. I have just installed
> the latest version of Ethereal (0.8.7).
>
> When I start the capture without any filter, at least I did not
> define any
> filter until now, I can only see the broadcast in our network.
> Is there any default filter? How can I find out if my token ring
> adapter is
> really running in the promiscous mode?
>
> In the faq, I couldn�t find any question, that was as stupid as
> mine, so I
> guess that somewhere must be an introduction for beginners like me - but
> where can find this introduction?
>
> Regards, Ralf Schoenian
>
>