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Old 10-17-2011
Will Linux force NIC into promiscuous mode?
Right now I have a computer that I want to use as the monitor for my network. It's currently running Windows 7, and so as I understand it the NIC won't monitor all the traffic on the network. So my question is, if I install Linux on this computer will I be able to force the NIC card into promiscuous mode? I know there are hardware solutions for the problem such as from CACE, but I'd rather that be a last resort.
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Old 10-17-2011
Linux is able to force many network cards into promiscuous mode. I won't say all, since that might be a hardware thing, but I haven't yet encountered a NIC it can't.
 
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