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From: dana@locus.com (Dana H. Myers)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip.ibmpc
Subject: Re: Token Ring promiscuous software.
Message-ID: <1991May31.202418.2815331@locus.com>
Date: 31 May 91 20:24:18 GMT
References: <28694@uflorida.cis.ufl.EDU> <7260010@hpfcso.FC.HP.COM>
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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.

  Heh-heh. I haven't seen the token ring standard proper, but I know from
experience that token ring interfaces in promiscuous mode make this
clear to the rest of the ring.

   Several years ago a coworker connected a sniffer to a rather large
ring at a large company. The next day the network police showed up and
insisted testing using the sniffer take place on a private ring.


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