[kwlug-disc] Promiscuous mode

Lori Paniak ldpaniak at fourpisolutions.com
Tue Apr 13 22:22:48 EDT 2010


From /usr/share/doc/ifupdown/examples/network-interfaces on my ubuntu
box:

In /etc/network/interfaces:

auto eth0
iface eth0 inet manual
	up ifconfig $IFACE 0.0.0.0 up
	up ip link set $IFACE promisc on
	down ip link set $IFACE promisc off
	down ifconfig $IFACE down


On Tue, 2010-04-13 at 21:20 -0400, Paul Nijjar wrote:
> I have been looking online for the quick solution to this but Skynet
> is failing me. 
> 
> I am running Debian Lenny. I can put an interface into promiscuous
> mode by typing 
> 
> ip link set eth0 promisc on 
> 
> What config file do I have to change (and how do I have to change it?)
> so that the interface will come up in promiscuous mode on bootup?
> (Yes, maybe this is a stupid idea. Assume that I want to do it
> anyways, because I am a stupid person.) 
> 
> - Paul
> 
> 

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