Re: missing network interface flags

On Wed, 21 Jan 2004 17:31:38 -0600
Martin McGreal <[email protected]> wrote:

> And I've noticed that when I run tcpdump, the PROMISC flag does not get 
> reported in ifconfig. Please note the lack of difference before and after 
> running tcpdump (which puts the interface into promiscuous mode):

I do not see a problem, as long as your tcpdump works. A ctc is a
point-to-point interface, so the promiscuous flag does exactly nothing
to it. Driver ignores it.

> [root@stldv002 linux]# tail -1 /var/log/messages
> Jan 21 17:22:56 stldv002 kernel: device ctc0 entered promiscuous mode

Curious. Dunno who prints it though. Must be the framework.

-- Pete