Promiscuous mode

An Ethernet NIC mode that accepts every frame on the segment, not only frames addressed to the host's MAC. Required for wired packet capture on a hub or a SPAN port; on a switched LAN without SPAN it sees only broadcast and frames addressed to the host.

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Live Packet Capture, Traffic Analysis and Deep Packet Inspection

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Promiscuous mode

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