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12.22.08Disabling promiscuous mode on an interface# ifconfig eth0 -promisc Disables promiscous mode on the eth0 interface.
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11.30.08Enabling promiscuous mode on an interface# ifconfig eth0 promisc Enables promiscuous mode the eth0 interface so that all frames arriving at the interface will be passed on to the Operating System.
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11.04.08Changing the MAC address of an interface# ifconfig eth0 hw ether 11:22:33:44:FF:AA Set the hardware address of the eth0 interface (the device driver has to support this operation). The hardware class (ethernet in the example) is specified with the ether parameter.