XBR2D96D@DDATHD21.BITNET (Knobi der Rechnerschrat) (08/03/90)
Hello, I'm still trying to get the 9.6 Netwatch/PD to work using the packet drivers. The problem is, that with the NI5010, NETWATCH only sees broadcast packets. In fact when I start it, it shows the first packet that comes (that may be of any type) and then only shows broadcasts (the counters say "pckts: n+1 brdcst: n"). What can cause this behaviour? Somebody said the NI5010 does not support promiscous mode, but on the other hand NETWATCH using the "plain" NI5010 interface works great. Any suggestions? Thanks in advance.... Regards Martin Knoblauch TH-Darmstadt Physical Chemistry 1 Petersenstrasse 20 D-6100 Darmstadt, FRG BITNET: <XBR2D96D@DDATHD21>
fks@VAX.FTP.COM (Frances Selkirk) (08/03/90)
Even if the card itself supports promiscuous mode, it is possible that the packet driver was not written to take advantage of this. Supporting promiscuous mode depends on extended functionality - implementing desirable, but not required, functions. We have just released a version of LANWatch that runs over packet drivers, and it took considerable time to establish a reasonable collection of packet drivers that implemented promiscuous mode. I expect that you will be seeing more of them in the future!