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Wireshark-users: Re: [Wireshark-users] Understanding what I'm seeing

From: "Luis EG Ontanon" <luis.ontanon@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 10 Oct 2007 18:24:41 +0200
If your network card is known to work in "promiscuous mode" the
problem is probably that the mirror port is not working propperly.

If CDP is enabled and you see CDP packets whose source interface is
declared to be the one you are connected, the mirroring is not working
properly, it is working as a normal port not as a SPAN one.



On 10/10/07, Chad Webb <Chad.Webb@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I do have "promiscous mode" checked within the Options screen
>
> Luis EG Ontanon said the following on 10/10/2007 10:22 AM:
> > The symptoms are those of not capturing in promiscuous mode, I.e. you
> > see only broadcast packets and those directed to your machine (which
> > in this case do not exist).
> >
> > Set the "Capture n promiscuous mode" flag in the capture dialog.
> >
> > On 10/10/07, Giles Coochey <gcoochey@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >>> Obviously the port monitoring is incorrect. Cisco does a great job of
> >>> being inconsistent across their product line (but don't tell that to
> >> the
> >>> layer 3 guys - most insist Cisco can do no wrong as an article of
> >> faith).
> >>
> >> Are you sure that the port monitoring is wrong for a 3560?
> >>
> >> Maybe I'm missing something.
> >>
> >> Giles
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