From: Phil Sutter <phil@nwl.cc>
To: Stephen Hemminger <stephen@networkplumber.org>
Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org, William Flanagan <bill@flanagan-consulting.com>
Subject: [iproute PATCH] man: ip-link: Describe promisc mode
Date: Mon, 11 Feb 2019 10:17:06 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20190211091706.20624-1-phil@nwl.cc> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20190211091418.GL26388@orbyte.nwl.cc>
Briefly explain what it is and where it's typically used.
Signed-off-by: Phil Sutter <phil@nwl.cc>
---
man/man8/ip-link.8.in | 8 ++++++++
1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)
diff --git a/man/man8/ip-link.8.in b/man/man8/ip-link.8.in
index 73d37c190fffa..5c327f01b6b45 100644
--- a/man/man8/ip-link.8.in
+++ b/man/man8/ip-link.8.in
@@ -1780,6 +1780,14 @@ flag on the device. Indicates that address can change when interface goes down (
.B NOT
used by the Linux).
+.TP
+.BR "promisc on " or " promisc off"
+change the
+.B PROMISC
+flag on the device. This requests receipt of all packets arriving at the NIC
+irrespective of their destination MAC address. It is typically used by traffic
+sniffers and also set by Linux bridges for their ports.
+
.TP
.BI name " NAME"
change the name of the device. This operation is not
--
2.20.1
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2019-02-11 9:17 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2019-02-09 20:22 How to set promiscuous mode William Flanagan
2019-02-11 9:14 ` Phil Sutter
2019-02-11 9:17 ` Phil Sutter [this message]
2019-02-11 19:36 ` [iproute PATCH] man: ip-link: Describe promisc mode Stephen Hemminger
2019-02-12 15:42 ` Phil Sutter
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