[2713] in linux-net channel archive
Re: networking, 1.3.91
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Russell Berry)
Mon Apr 29 03:52:53 1996
Date: Sun, 28 Apr 1996 19:33:18 -0400 (EDT)
From: Russell Berry <rberry@albany.net>
To: Paul Gortmaker <gpg109@rsphy6.anu.edu.au>
cc: linux-net@vger.rutgers.edu
In-Reply-To: <9604270819.AA01104@rsphy6.anu.edu.au>
According to an answer to my initial post by Alan Cox, when I
run tcpdump it puts the card in promisc mode, so there is no
mystery there...
---russ
On Sat, 27
Apr 1996, Paul Gortmaker wrote:
> >
> > All that you suggest checks out, I did notice another
> > additional oddity. when I do an ifconfig sometimes
> > it shows eth0 in promisc mode! So I ifconfig eth0 -promisc,
> > it goes back to the way it was and everything runs smoothly
> > for a couple more hours. When the network starts dragging
> > again later, I'll do ifconfig, and the promisc will be back
> > again!! Is my card dying?
>
> Having promiscous mode enabled on a busy net would explain why you are
> getting a large number of Rx overruns, that is for sure. And the bogus
> packets are a side-effect of the overrun.
>
> The question that remains is who is putting your card into promisc
> mode? This is something that I'd be looking into in a real hurry.
>
> Paul.
>
>
