On 8/2/06, Amitabh Kant <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Siju George wrote: > > > > http://www.ex-parrot.com/~chris/driftnet/ > > > > on FreeBSD 6.1 from ports. The network is using a SWITCH and not a HUB. > > Is is because I am using a switch in the networ or some other thing I > > have over looked? Is anyone using driftnet? > > > > > Yes, it is because you are using a switch. When you use a switch, only > packets meant for your computer (based on your NIC mac address) are sent > in your direction, while in case of a hub, you get to see all packets > travelling across the hub. >
Thankyou so much Amitab for the clarification :-) Just as i suspected :-( > In case you have a managed switch, you can set a "spanning port" on the > switch, which would give you a copy of all data crossing the switch. > ok :-) but it is unfortunately not a managed switch :-( Kind Regards Siju _______________________________________________ bsd-india mailing list [email protected] http://www.bsd-india.org/mailman/listinfo/bsd-india
