Re: Is there some problem w/ 3Com cards?

[Kiira Triea <kiira-t () mail bsasinc org>]

Hi, 


> > A friend tells me 3Com cards have some problems - like dropping 
> > all malformed packets. I have bought a 3Com 3C900 XL because 
> > it is a PCI card and it has an AUI port. Anyone ever have any 
> > problems with this or cards like 3C509 and snort? 
>
> Your friend is mostly correct. The majority of current NIC cards have
> low-level logic built into the integrated circuits to "inspect"
> incoming packets, and if that packet is corrupted, it will be dropped.
> In most NIC cards, those dropped packets are not counted by any
> sort of management logic, and promiscous mode has absolutely
> nothing to do with whether you can "see" those damaged ethernet
> packets or not.

Ok, that was the main point or question I am not so sure of - whether 
any of this affected promiscuous mode ability of the card. Thanks for
the help!

Kiira 


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