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From: dbrown@apple.com (David Brown)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip.ibmpc
Subject: Re: Token Ring promiscuous software.
Message-ID: <13751@goofy.Apple.COM>
Date: 30 May 91 02:09:55 GMT
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In article <7260010@hpfcso.FC.HP.COM> j_rodin@hpfcso.FC.HP.COM (Jon Rodin) 
writes:
> The Proteon token-ring boards can be put into promiscuous mode.  That is 
why
> 802.5 LAN analyzers like the Sniffer and LANWatch run on Proteon cards.

Not quite - the older 4mb T/R card for the Sniffer was based on a 3Com 
TokenLink (at least ours is), and the newer 16/4 card is based on the IBM 
card.


David Brown    415-649-4000
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