Ethereal-users: Re: [Ethereal-users] Ethereal Configuration on Stratus hardware r unning HP-UX 1

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From: Richard Urwin <richard@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 10 Mar 2003 23:07:34 +0000
On Monday 10 Mar 2003 9:42 pm, Prajapati, Piyush wrote:
> From: Guy Harris [mailto:guy@xxxxxxxxxx]
>> The only part of that having anything to do with Ethereal (as opposed to
>> HP-UX) is the "configure into promiscuous mode" part.  By default,
>> Ethereal will run in promiscuous mode *IF* the network interface
>> supports it - just make sure the "Capture packets in promiscuous mode"
>> option is selected.
>
> Hi Guy,
> Thanks for the response.
> I am new to this utility and hence need information on how to configure the
> interface in promiscuous mode.
> Any help will be highly appreciated on it.
> Thanks,

He told you. Just select promiscuous mode in the capture dialog. You don't 
need to do anything to the network card - usually. (Just maybe HP-UX differs 
from othe Unices in this.) Libpcap puts the card into a temporary promiscuous 
mode that does not show up in ifconfig.

Also read the Ethereal FAQ. There are situations to do with your network hubs 
and switches that might convince you that ethereal is not in promiscuous mode 
when it is.

-- 
Richard Urwin