Ethereal-users: Re: [Ethereal-users] promiscuous mode help

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From: Guy Harris <gharris@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 6 Apr 2004 23:28:25 -0700
On Tue, Apr 06, 2004 at 01:17:25PM -0700, Joyce Lin wrote:
>   I am trying to capture packets in promiscuous mode. 
> My (only configured) network card is a 3Com 3c920 but
> configured in Red Hat 9 as a 3c905c.  When I ask
> Ethereal to capture in promiscuous mode, it doesn't --
> all I receive is my own traffic plus UDP broadcast
> messages.

You're not plugged into a switch, switching hub, or dual-speed hub, are
you?

	http://www.ethereal.com/faq.html#q5.1