Ethereal-users: Re: [Ethereal-users] No Traffic THIS Time

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From: Richard Urwin <richard@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 20 Feb 2005 12:25:14 +0000
On Friday 18 Feb 2005 10:23 pm, Robinson, Eric wrote:
> I've used Ethereal for years on hundreds of PCs. Never had a problem,
> aside from a little BPF parsing weirdness in the early days of
> WinPcap.
>
>
>
> But now I've got a machine that won't see promisc traffic on one of
> its 2 interfaces. It has an Intel Pro/100+ Server Adapter and a
> cheapo RealTek 10/100. The Intel only sees its own traffic, even
> though it is plugged into a mirrored switch port. A notebook computer
> plugged into the same port sees it all.

I have an Intel Pro/100 (IIRC +) card in a win2000 machine, and I've had 
it in promisc mode. That machine also has an on-board Realtek NIC that 
also does promisc OK. We run on repeating hubs, not switches.

Email me on rurwin at srhsystems com if you want me to do any checking, 
(That account isn't subscribed to this list.)

-- 
Richard Urwin