Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!think.com!spool.mu.edu!agate!ucbvax!UMVMA.BITNET!CHARLIE From: CHARLIE@UMVMA.BITNET (Charlie Turner) Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip.ibmpc Subject: Re: Token Ring promiscuous software. Message-ID: <9105241202.aa05099@louie.udel.edu> Date: 24 May 91 15:56:05 GMT Article-I.D.: louie.9105241202.aa05099 References: Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Organization: The Internet Lines: 16 On Thu, 23 May 91 15:58:43 GMT Bill Kirchhoff said: >I am looking for C/Assembly routines to place an IBM Token Ring card >into promiscuous mode so that I can strip out the headers. The header >information would then be used in a graduate research project on >network >load distribution. All help is greatly appreciated. > My understanding is that, except for the special trace and performance (TAP) T/R adapter, IBM T/R adapters have no promiscuous mode. This is what IBM marketing folks say when you ask about security. On the other hand, I don't understand how a non promiscuous T/R adapter could work in a bridge but they do. So are they *really* non promiscuous? Inquiring minds would like to know!