Stephen Harris wrote:
> Create a simple S09 script (eg S09PROMISC) which basically just does
> "/sbin/ifconfig wlan0 promisc up"
>
> eg create this as /etc/init.d/PROMISC and then do "chkconfig PROMISC on"
>
>
> #!/bin/sh
>
> # PROMISC puts wlan0 in promisc mode
> #
> # chkconfig: 2345 09 91
> # description: puts wlan0 in promisc mode
>
> case "$1" in
> start) touch /var/lock/subsys/PROMISC
>
> /sbin/ifconfig wlan0 0.0.0.0 promisc up
>
> ;;
> stop)
> # Do nothing
> rm -f /var/lock/subsys/PROMISC
> ;;
> status|restart|reload)
> # Do nothing
> ;;
> *)
> echo $"Usage: $0 {start|stop|restart|reload|status}"
> exit 1
> esac
>
> exit 0
>
>
> It might work... who knows :-)
>
Great suggestion Stephen! Thanks very much! Just tried it out and it
works fine. Just have one question... any reason not to leave the
interface in promiscuous mode?
Thanks,
Phil