On 07/08/03 18:29 +0530, R K Mehta wrote: > > Dear Users > > I have two servers. When I type " dmesg |grep eth0" it shows the following > > eth0: OEM i82557/i82558 10/100 Ethernet at 0xe004f000, 00:E0:18:05:71:FE, IRQ 20. > eth0: 0 multicast blocks dropped. > eth0: 0 multicast blocks dropped. > eth0: 0 multicast blocks dropped. > message. > and another server says that device eth0 enters promiscous mode Servers should not be going into promiscious mode unless you are running an application which puts the NIC into promisc mode. If you know why the eth0 is going into promisc mode, and want that application running, leave it, otherwise find what application is putting it into promisc mode. man ifconfig.
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