Thank you for the answer. I read that the M means promiscuous mode in the following documents: http://www.linuxdoc.org/LDP/nag2/x-087-2-iface.netstat.html http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/linag2/book/ch05.html
Are you shure about what you're saying? when I run "ifconfig -promisc eth0" the netstat -i continues to show the M. I also ran: ip link set eth1 down ip link set eth1 up promisc off But it doesn't work to - the M still appears. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gene Lee" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Bruno Negr�o" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2002 5:25 PM Subject: Re: netstat -i shows promiscuous mode!! > From: "Bruno Negr�o" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > In the column "Flag" I have the flag "M" which means "promicuous mode" as > I > > read in some documentations. > > > > Why is my interfaces starting up in promiscuous mode. Which are the > > implications? How can I stop it? > > The M does not stand for promiscuous mode. Where did you read that? The > flags are a shortened form of the state of the interface, as if you had done > an "ifconfig". See for yourself, do an "ifconfig eth0" and "ifconfig lo" and > see how it corresponds: > > BMRU = Broadcast, Multicast, Running, Up > LRU = Loopback, Running, Up > > -- > Gene Lee > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > _______________________________________________ > Firewalls mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://lists.gnac.net/mailman/listinfo/firewalls > _______________________________________________ Firewalls mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.gnac.net/mailman/listinfo/firewalls
