Re: Ethernet card and promiscuous mode

On Sat, 23 Jun 2001 21:17:02 CDT, Steve Doerr writes: >Hello. I can't get my eth0 to stay in promisc mode when I start snort >on my firewall/router. have you tried setting the card to promiscous mode by hand before starting snort? `ifconfig eth0 promsic` cheers, &rw -- -- Gordon's Law: If yo

Ethernet card and promiscuous mode

Hello. I can't get my eth0 to stay in promisc mode when I start snort on my firewall/router. Promiscuous mode enables, then exits immediately and then I get the message: pcap_loop: read: Network is down Does anyone know what might be wrong here? Thanks for any input. Steve