Hi, My main PC (Netgear FA311 adapter) works fine with ethereal, but I can't get my laptop to work (there is no option on the adapter driver for "promiscuous mode", and it only traces itself). On Token Ring, all the adaptors have the "Promiscuous mode" option, but funnily enough, the Netgear FA311 (ethernet) doesn't have it, yet it works. ???
What OS are you using on the laptop and the main PC? That could be the problem. With Windows machines, you also need winpcap in order to get Ethereal to work.
Anoop
Windooze XP sp2 on both
Hi,
In my experience almost all network adapters work with sniffers without any configuration with the exception of some PCMCIA/CARDBUS ones.
This experience is quite old now however about 5 years ago many PCMCIA/CARDBUS did not seem to do promiscuous mode at all.
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