netdev - Re: How to set promiscuous mode

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Date:   Mon, 11 Feb 2019 10:14:18 +0100
From:   Phil Sutter <phil@....cc>
To:     William Flanagan <bill@...nagan-consulting.com>
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: How to set promiscuous mode

Hi,

On Sat, Feb 09, 2019 at 03:22:33PM -0500, William Flanagan wrote:
> Working with iproute2 for a task with Wireshark.  I don't see the 
> command in 'ip' to put an Ethernet port into promiscuous mode.  A reply 
> from the openSuse forum (below) tells me how.
> 
> I'm wondering if this should be in the 'MAN ip' page.

Please have a look at ip-link(8), its synopsis section at least lists
'promisc' option for 'ip link set' command. I'll follow-up with a patch
adding a little description, though.

Cheers, Phil