On Sat, Nov 17, 2001 at 01:00:59PM -0800, Guy Harris wrote:
> filter (OID_GEN_CURRENT_PACKET_FILTER) to
> NDIS_PACKET_TYPE_PROMISCUOUS, turns on promiscuous mode.
>
> You would have to ask the supplier of the card whether it supports
> promiscuous mode. (A search for "+aironet +promiscuous" on the Cisco
> Web site found nothing from Cisco to indicate whether it does or not.)
>
> If it does, you would have to ask the supplier of the driver (whether
> it's Microsoft, Cisco, or whoever) whether the driver turns on
> promiscuous mode when asked to.
>
> If you then told us what they said, we could put that in the FAQ, and
> subsequent discussion of that question would not be inconclusive.
I asked a cisco guy at the networkers in copenhagen about this and he
told me that old firmware versions were able to turn on promisc but
current firmware releases have this feature disabled. Looks like it
was disabled to prevent snooping. This is just from talking to a tech
guy, so it's not "official", nor is the reason. Maybe Gilbert can
find out more?
I have not been able to turn promisc on with a current card+fw with a
card I borrowed from a friend - thus I didn't buy one in the end.
Ciao
Jörg
--
Joerg Mayer <jmayer@xxxxxxxxx>
I found out that "pro" means "instead of" (as in proconsul). Now I know
what proactive means.
