O chestie strange pe o mashina de la mine:

Uneori, placa de retea intra in promiscous mode. Am vrut sa fac un
test: ieri seara am lasat un ping sa mearga carte o alta mashina de la
mine din retea:

[snip]
64 bytes from alpha.tuiasi.ro (193.226.26.110): icmp_seq=22310 ttl=255
time=245

--- x.tuiasi.ro ping statistics ---
87894 packets transmitted, 87843 packets received, +6 errors, 0% packet
loss

Dupa cum se vede, a trimis 87 de mii de pachete si nu a pierdut nici unul!
Si mashina asta face noaptea mirror de ftp-uri, trece prin-transa o
multime de posta, este serverul de web principal, deci are ceva trafic
prin placa.

Cand pe aceasta mashina mai pornesc X-ul sau cand trec din X in mod text
sau invers, placa de retea tot intra in promiscous mode, nu intotdeauna,
dar destul de des.

>From gamma.tuiasi.ro (193.226.26.104): Destination Host Unreachable
>From gamma.tuiasi.ro (193.226.26.104): Destination Host Unreachable
>From gamma.tuiasi.ro (193.226.26.104): Destination Host Unreachable
>From gamma.tuiasi.ro (193.226.26.104): Destination Host Unreachable
>From gamma.tuiasi.ro (193.226.26.104): Destination Host Unreachable
>From gamma.tuiasi.ro (193.226.26.104): Destination Host Unreachable

si numai:

[root@gamma root]# ifdown eth0; ifup eth0
eth0: Promiscuous mode enabled.
eth0: Promiscuous mode enabled.
eth0: Promiscuous mode enabled.
eth0: Promiscuous mode enabled.
eth0: Promiscuous mode enabled.
eth0: Promiscuous mode enabled.
eth0: Promiscuous mode enabled.
[root@gamma root]# ping x

o scoate din belea.

Place de retea e un eth0: RealTek RTL8139 Fast Ethernet at 0x6500, IRQ 11,
00:a0:d2:13:48:da iar placa video e un Cirrus CL-GD5446 (PCI Probed).

Deci de unde ar putea apare aceast deranjant comportament?

TIA,
  Socrate

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Radu Filip                    
                              Network Administrator @CCTI | tuiasi.ro
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