a) recompile your kernel without IPv6 support, or
b) set your ethernet card to promiscuous mode (ifonfig eth0 promisc), or
c) put a different network card in
-d
On 20 Jul 1999, Harvey J. Stein wrote:
> My linux box (RH 6.0 with RH supplied kernel, version 2.2.5) is
> putting a weird packet out the ethernet port which is causing a Cisco
> ethernet switch to go insane, spewing out packets wildly & bringing
> the network down. This isn't exactly wining lots of friends for Linux
> over here. I also can reproduce this effect fairly easily, at least I
> could until my box was banned from the net for this!
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