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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.rmit.EDU.AU!news.unimelb.EDU.AU!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!news.eng.convex.com!newshost.convex.com!cs.utexas.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!startide.ctr.columbia.edu!wpaul From: wpaul@ctr.columbia.edu (Bill Paul) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Help on Config bpf0 Date: 16 Feb 1996 22:04:56 GMT Organization: Columbia University Center for Telecommunications Research Lines: 35 Message-ID: <4g2v28$eum@sol.ctr.columbia.edu> References: <31211CF2.41C67EA6@cst.com.au> <3121E1B6.FF6D5DF@freebsd.org> <4fvqph$ofs@tampa2.is.ge.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: startide.ctr.columbia.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Daring to challenge the will of the almighty Leviam00se, Jim Smithson (jrs@tampa2.is.ge.com) had the courage to say: : I've put the BPF device in the kernel file and remade the kernel : pseudo-device bpfilter 4 #Berkeley packet filter : # nm /kernel | grep bpfilterattach : f0132c90 T _bpfilterattach : # ls -l /dev/bpf* : crw------- 1 root wheel 23, 0 Oct 10 09:51 /dev/bpf0 : But I still cannot run tcpdump: : # tcpdump -i /dev/bpf0 host somehost : tcpdump: /dev/bpf0: Device not configured : ifconfig shows the ix0 device is not in promiscous mode. [chop] : I must be missing something. But what? Regrettably, the ix driver for the Intel EtherExpress 16 cards does not have support for promiscuous mode or BPF. -Bill -- ============================================================================= -Bill Paul (212) 854-6020 | System Manager Work: wpaul@ctr.columbia.edu | Center for Telecommunications Research Home: wpaul@skynet.ctr.columbia.edu | Columbia University, New York City ============================================================================= License error: The license for this .sig file has expired. You must obtain a new license key before any more witty phrases will appear in this space. =============================================================================