Ethereal-users: [Ethereal-users] Stealth Interface Problems, ifconfig eth0 up???

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From: "Mike Chandler" <mchandl1@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 22 Feb 2003 17:07:40 -0800
I must be missing something.  I'm trying to get ethereal to run on a stealth interface (with no IP address).
I'm using Ethereal 0.9.9 with Redhat 8.0 but I've tried this on 7.2 and 6.0.  I'm using libpcap-0.6.2-16 on Redhat 8.0.
 
I removed my ifcfg-eth0 entry from /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ and rebooted.  I typed "ifconfig eth0 up" and and eth0 came up without an IP address.  I also tried putting the interface in promis mode.  When I start ethereal everything looks like it is working but I don't get any packets.  If I try to run tcpdump I get a message that says that there was "no suitable device found" 
 
If I give eth0 an IP address everything works fine.  I've spent a full day and a half reading manuals and searching with google.  Does anyone have any ideas?