You ran an application which "sniffs" your local network... Such as TCPDUMP, or IPTRAF. These programs put the Ethernet card into "promiscuous" mode. Where it will receive ALL packets floating by on your network and display them to you. Exiting these programs normally switches things back to normal. -JMS -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Tim Holmes Sent: Thursday, August 23, 2001 10:16 AM To: Mandrake Newbie List Subject: [newbie] Promiscuous mode? Could somebody translate this for me please? Aug 23 10:03:34 r2d2 kernel: eth0: Setting promiscuous mode. Aug 23 10:03:34 r2d2 kernel: device eth0 left promiscuous mode I've been sing that in /var/log/messages and I have no idea what it means. Could somebody shed some light on that topic please? Thanks! tdh -- T. Holmes ----------------- UNIXTECHS.org [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----------------- "Real Men Use Vi!" Uptime: -------------------------------------------------------------------- 10:14am up 7 days, 15:59, 7 users, load average: 0.00, 0.02, 0.00 --------------------------------------------------------------------
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