Also, promiscuous mode isn't that bad. If your network is on a switch and not a hub, it won't make hardly any performance difference at all since the packets (technically called frames for shared media like ethernet) won't ever reach your card anyway.
--Dave
Jeremy Browne wrote:
All,
I just switch my server from SuSE to Debian. It's normally a headless box, but I plugged a monitor into it this morning to find:
eth0: Setting promiscuous mode. device eth0 entered promiscuous mode device eth0 left promiscuous mode
Repeated over the entire screen.
I understand that promiscuous mode accepts all packets, and I assume it's not something I want. Much less I do not want the system going in and out of this mode without me knowing. So, how do I turn it off/find out what's going on?
Regards,
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