promiscuous mode

[Giorgos Keramidas]

On 2002-02-28 00:34, D.A.Glynos wrote:
> 
> Symplhrwmatika:
> Mou diafeugei auti ti stigmi to montello kai to brand tis kartas diktyou..
> alla kukloforei mia sugkekrimenh gia laptops pou xreiazetai na mpei
> se promisc. mode prokeimenou o driver tis na paiksei swsta...
> Sounds stupid? Well it is..

Mallon milame gia kapoia karta pou ta outgoing paketa ths den mporei na ta
diabasei pali san incoming, akomh kai stin periptosh pou einai link layer
broadcasts. Etsi gia paradeigma, mporei ena paketo na exei mesa otidhpote
kai na apeu8unetai se ola ta hosts tou LAN (autos pou to esteile thelei
*ontws* na einai broadcast paketo) alla h karta pou to stelnei den to
'blepei' san incoming frame, me apotelesma na min einai akribos broadcast,
alla broadcast-to-all-except-one.  Kapou 8umamai na exo dei kati tetoio sto
source twn ethernet drivers tou FreeBSD :(  Ma pou sto dialo ebala pali tis
shmeioseis mou...

Giorgos Keramidas                           FreeBSD Documentation Project
keramida@{freebsd.org,ceid.upatras.gr}      http://www.FreeBSD.org/docproj/