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From: fks@VAX.FTP.COM (Frances Selkirk)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip.ibmpc
Subject: Re:  Netwatch over packet drivers using NI5010 card
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Date: 3 Aug 90 16:09:13 GMT
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Even if the card itself supports promiscuous mode, it is possible that
the packet driver was not written to take advantage of this.
Supporting promiscuous mode depends on extended functionality -
implementing desirable, but not required, functions. We have just
released a version of LANWatch that runs over packet drivers, and it
took considerable time to establish a reasonable collection of packet
drivers that implemented promiscuous mode. I expect that you will be
seeing more of them in the future!