Subject: Re: Rhine etherent chip
To: Jason Thorpe <thorpej@nas.nasa.gov>
From: Michael Graff <explorer@flame.org>
List: tech-net
Date: 03/04/1999 12:03:10
Jason Thorpe <thorpej@nas.nasa.gov> writes:
> Basically, the revision found on basically all of the NetGear cards
> has a HORRIBLE bug in the receive engine, when the chip is in
> promiscuous mode (think: your DHCP server machine).
DHCP doesn't put the interface in promiscous mode, according to Ted.
The bug still sucks, but DHCP isn't enough to trigger it.
--Michael