devn-sis9.so in Promiscious mode

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Is there an option to put the devn-sis9.so driver in promiscious mode?

I have system where this is embedded on the mother board. It works
well but I want to use that system for sniffing ethernet problems.
The tcpdump program does not see any packets that aren’t broadcast or
are the intended recipient of the packet.

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Bill Caroselli <qtps@earthlink.net> wrote:
BC > Is there an option to put the devn-sis9.so driver in promiscious mode?

BC > I have system where this is embedded on the mother board. It works
BC > well but I want to use that system for sniffing ethernet problems.
BC > The tcpdump program does not see any packets that aren’t broadcast or
BC > are the intended recipient of the packet.

Is anybody out there?

Can someone at least say No?

Better yet, say yes and tell me how.

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Is your network cable plugged into a switch or a hub. If a switch, it
will filter all point - point packets that are not addressed to you.


Bill Caroselli wrote:

Bill Caroselli <> qtps@earthlink.net> > wrote:
BC > Is there an option to put the devn-sis9.so driver in promiscious mode?

BC > I have system where this is embedded on the mother board. It works
BC > well but I want to use that system for sniffing ethernet problems.
BC > The tcpdump program does not see any packets that aren’t broadcast or
BC > are the intended recipient of the packet.

Is anybody out there?

Can someone at least say No?

Better yet, say yes and tell me how.

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Yes, I am aware. It is on a small network with a cheap dumb hub.


Warren Deitch <warren.deitch@transcore.com.au> wrote:
WD > Is your network cable plugged into a switch or a hub. If a switch, it
WD > will filter all point - point packets that are not addressed to you.

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There seems to be an option ‘promiscuous’ in the binary. Try the
option promiscuous=1 in your setup.

Bill Caroselli wrote:

Yes, I am aware. It is on a small network with a cheap dumb hub.


Warren Deitch <> warren.deitch@transcore.com.au> > wrote:
WD > Is your network cable plugged into a switch or a hub. If a switch, it
WD > will filter all point - point packets that are not addressed to you.

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Thanks. I’ll try this.

Warren Deitch <warren.deitch@transcore.com.au> wrote:
WD > There seems to be an option ‘promiscuous’ in the binary. Try the
WD > option promiscuous=1 in your setup.

WD > Bill Caroselli wrote:

Yes, I am aware. It is on a small network with a cheap dumb hub.


Warren Deitch <> warren.deitch@transcore.com.au> > wrote:
WD > Is your network cable plugged into a switch or a hub. If a switch, it
WD > will filter all point - point packets that are not addressed to you.

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Bill,
I had an issue with the devn-sis9 driver early last year – the mac
address was not being accessed correctly. It also did not set up the
speeds ! nicinfo showed all sorts of problems

The version I downloaded from qdn.qnx.com in late April 2003 was

59754 /lib/dll/devn-sis9.so

$ md5sum /lib/dll/devn-sis9.so
c368f966ea59f9b3d9927ee0c8774e16 /lib/dll/devn-sis9.so
$ cksum /lib/dll/devn-sis9.so
1517447458 59754 /lib/dll/devn-sis9.so

Of course, I can no longer find this on the QNX website.


Bill Caroselli wrote:

Thanks. I’ll try this.

Warren Deitch <> warren.deitch@transcore.com.au> > wrote:
WD > There seems to be an option ‘promiscuous’ in the binary. Try the
WD > option promiscuous=1 in your setup.

WD > Bill Caroselli wrote:

Yes, I am aware. It is on a small network with a cheap dumb hub.


Warren Deitch <> warren.deitch@transcore.com.au> > wrote:
WD > Is your network cable plugged into a switch or a hub. If a switch, it
WD > will filter all point - point packets that are not addressed to you.

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here it is:
http://developers.qnx.com/Fixes/Software/sis9.html

Frank

Warren Deitch <warren.deitch@transcore.com.au> wrote:

Bill,
I had an issue with the devn-sis9 driver early last year – the mac
address was not being accessed correctly. It also did not set up the
speeds ! nicinfo showed all sorts of problems

The version I downloaded from qdn.qnx.com in late April 2003 was

59754 /lib/dll/devn-sis9.so

$ md5sum /lib/dll/devn-sis9.so
c368f966ea59f9b3d9927ee0c8774e16 /lib/dll/devn-sis9.so
$ cksum /lib/dll/devn-sis9.so
1517447458 59754 /lib/dll/devn-sis9.so

Of course, I can no longer find this on the QNX website.


Bill Caroselli wrote:
Thanks. I’ll try this.

Warren Deitch <> warren.deitch@transcore.com.au> > wrote:
WD > There seems to be an option ‘promiscuous’ in the binary. Try the
WD > option promiscuous=1 in your setup.

WD > Bill Caroselli wrote:

Yes, I am aware. It is on a small network with a cheap dumb hub.


Warren Deitch <> warren.deitch@transcore.com.au> > wrote:
WD > Is your network cable plugged into a switch or a hub. If a switch, it
WD > will filter all point - point packets that are not addressed to you.

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My devn-sis9 essentially works fine.
I just can’t get it into promiscuous mode.

Someone made a suggestion yesterday. I have not had a chance to try
that yet. The computer in question is in another building.

Warren Deitch <warren.deitch@transcore.com.au> wrote:
WD > Bill,
WD > I had an issue with the devn-sis9 driver early last year – the mac
WD > address was not being accessed correctly. It also did not set up the
WD > speeds ! nicinfo showed all sorts of problems

WD > The version I downloaded from qdn.qnx.com in late April 2003 was

WD > 59754 /lib/dll/devn-sis9.so

WD > $ md5sum /lib/dll/devn-sis9.so
WD > c368f966ea59f9b3d9927ee0c8774e16 /lib/dll/devn-sis9.so
WD > $ cksum /lib/dll/devn-sis9.so
WD > 1517447458 59754 /lib/dll/devn-sis9.so

WD > Of course, I can no longer find this on the QNX website.