[driverloader] promiscuous mode supported?

Anders Saaby linuxant at saaby.com
Thu Dec 11 18:26:06 EST 2003


BTW - it's the WINXP driver I use...

/Saaby

On Thursday 11 December 2003 18:23, Anders Saaby wrote:
> On Thursday 11 December 2003 18:07, you wrote:
> > On Thu, Dec 11, 2003 at 05:47:08PM +0100, Anders Saaby wrote:
> > > Hi, (and thanks for your quick answer!)
> > >
> > > On Thursday 11 December 2003 17:15, Marc Boucher wrote:
> > > > Promiscuous mode is supported by driverloader as long as the
> > > > underlying Windows driver also supports it (the NOT_SUPPORTED
> > > > error code below is returned by the Windows driver by the way).
> > >
> > > ok, great
> > >
> > > > If I remember correctly, you have an Intel Centrino adapter.
> > >
> > > hehe... good memory! :)
> > >
> > > > Which version of the Windows driver are you using?
> > > > Did you try the latest one?
> > >
> > > well im actually using the driver from HP, since the .INF file from
> > > Intel doesen't detect my card, and HP's latest driver is from 21. Oct
> > > 03 - which is the one im using.
> >
> > does dldrconfig -i report the driver's version?
>
> ok - I now tried the driver from acer which you pointed to - this has a
> higher "FileVersion": Acer's: 1.2.1.1  -   HP's: 1.2.0.56
>
> here are the versions for the acer driver (which I now use):
>
> <SNIP>
>        Device instance: PCI-0000:02:02.0-8086:1043-8086:2522
>         Device driver  : w70n51
>         Driver Version : 1.2.1.1
>         Description    : Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 7100 LAN Card Driver
>         Adapter model  : PRO/Wireless LAN 2100 3B Mini PCI Adapter
> </SNIP>
>
> > alternatively you can try to find it out by doing
> > 	strings -e l /var/lib/driverloader/filename.sys
>
> yep:
>
> <SNIP>
> FileVersion
> 1.2.1.1
> ...ProductName
> Intel
>  PRO/Wireless LAN Adapter
> ProductVersion
> 1.0.0.0
> </SNIP>
>
> But after reloading the driverloader kernel module with this driver it
> still says:
>
> <SNIP>
> device eth1 entered promiscuous mode
> driverloader: ndisSetInformation: GEN_CURRENT_PACKET_FILTER
> st=NOT_SUPPORTED W=0 N=4
> </SNIP>
>
> /Saaby
>
> > also, did you try
> > ftp://ftp.support.acer-euro.com/notebook/TravelMate_80x/driver/winxp/inte
> >l2 100b.zip ?
> >
> > Marc
>
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