promiscuous mode

Optional support for promiscuous mode if supported by the physical interface.

Promiscuous mode is often used to diagnose network connectivity issues.

In promiscuous mode, some software might send responses to frames even though they were addressed to another machine.

On such networks, any host can automatically see what all other hosts were doing by enabling promiscuous mode.

Many operating systems require superuser privileges to enable promiscuous mode.

The sniffer was put in "promiscuous mode" to snare any information that crossed its path.

However, NICs can also be put into something called "promiscuous mode."

Promiscuous traffic should not be confused with the promiscuous mode, which is a network card configuration.

Now, all that means is you just switch the adapter into promiscuous mode, and that says just receive everything.

Another method to monitor networks is by enable promiscuous mode on the monitoring host, and connecting it to a shared segment.

In promiscuous mode, however, the card allows all frames through, thus allowing the computer to read frames intended for other machines or network devices.

It allows users to see all unencrypted traffic being passed over the network, by putting the network interface into promiscuous mode.

For kernel networking statistics within promiscuous mode:

But when a packet sniffer is set up on a computer, the sniffer's network interface is set to promiscuous mode.

CommView puts the network adapter into promiscuous mode and captures network traffic.

Computers attached to the same network hub satisfy this requirement, which is why network switches are used to combat malicious use of promiscuous mode.

To collect data on this layer, the network interface card (NIC) of a host can be put into "promiscuous mode".

Monitor mode only applies to wireless networks, while promiscuous mode can be used on both wired and wireless networks.

AirSnort FAQ: What is the difference between monitor and promiscuous mode?

Zx Sniffer's main function is to passively collect packets sent across a computer network by putting the network card into promiscuous mode.

Gumblar also enables promiscuous mode on the network card, allowing it to sniff local network traffic for FTP details.

Ettercap works by putting the network interface into promiscuous mode and by ARP poisoning the target machines.

Any sniffing tool simply puts the NIC into promiscuous mode, and everything on the wire comes in and gets logged and decoded and checked out.

Unlike promiscuous mode, which is also used for packet sniffing, monitor mode allows packets to be captured without having to associate with an access point or ad-hoc network first.

On wireless LANs, even if the adapter is in promiscuous mode, packets not for the service set for which the adapter is configured will usually be ignored.