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+For HP-UX 11i (11.11) and later, there are no known issues with
+promiscuous mode under HP-UX. If you are using a earlier version of
+HP-UX and cannot upgrade, please continue reading.
+
HP-UX patches to fix packet capture problems
Note that packet-capture programs such as tcpdump may, on HP-UX, not be
@@ -182,6 +186,10 @@ An additional note, from Jost Martin, for HP-UX 10.20:
/sbin/rc2.d/S350hack_ip_stack pointing to this script.
Now all this is done on every reboot.
+According to Rick Jones, the global promiscuous switch also has to be
+turned on for HP-UX 11.00, but not for 11i - and, in fact, the switch
+doesn't even exist on 11i.
+
Here's the "hack_ip_stack" script:
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