Re: how to use promiscuous mode without receiving the packages from localhost?

"Lew Pitcher" <lpitcher@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Lrj wrote:
Hi,
I want to use the promiscuous mode to meet some requirement. However,
to
reduce the load, I'm not like to receive the packages form localhost.
Does anybody know how to do it?

Promiscious mode, by definition, is where the NIC receives and passes
on to the network stack /all/ packets that it detects. This includes
packets originating from the local host. You can't have promiscious
mode and /not/ have these packets.

But if you have a full-duplex connection then outgoing messages aren't on
the same wires as incoming, so you ought to be able to isolate them, don't
you think?

Peter


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