promiscous mode on AIX

[holle]

Hi all,

I'm using AIX 4.3.3 on a RS/6000 and have installed the intrusion detection system "snort" on it.
The problem is, that the NIC must be in "promiscous mode" to get all the network traffic but the [tt]ifconfig[/tt]-command under AIX doesn't seem to support the promisc-option!
On the Linux-Systems I use, the command for promiscous-mode is really simple: [tt]ifconfig eth0 promisc[/tt]. But on AIX?
Does anyone know a method for AIX to get the NIC to promiscous mode?

Thx for your help!

kind regards,
holger jatsch

 

[sushveer]

Hi holle

By default it will be in promiscous mode in aix.

If u want non promiscous mode...please
use the command syntax
#tcpdump -p -i <network interface>


sushveer
IBM certified specialist-p-series AIX5L System Administration
AIX/SOLARIS/WEBSPHERE-MQ/TIVOLI Administrator