Wireshark-users: Re: [Wireshark-users] unicast traffic in promiscuous interface capture
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From: "Alex Nedelcu" <alexpheno@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 31 Jan 2008 17:04:43 +0200
No,

It only has an ethernet card. I was capturing traffic to see what type
of protocols are in use in the network when i noticed these packets
that were not broadcast but unicast destined for other computers,
based on my knowledge in a switched network these packets were not
supposed to reach my NIC ...

On Jan 31, 2008 4:42 PM, Jaap Keuter <jaap.keuter@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Alex Nedelcu wrote:
> > The
> > surprise came when i noticed that around 0.8% of the traffic was TCP,
> > originated and destined from different ip and mac addresses from the
> > host that was making the capture.
>
> Hi,
>
> Is this a multihomed host? Otherwise I don't follow.
>
> Thanx,
> Jaap
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