re(4) needs promisc to work properly

[Pyun YongHyeon]

On Tue, Nov 28, 2006 at 08:46:00PM +0100, Ed Schouten wrote:
 > Hello,
 > 
 > I'm running FreeBSD 6.2-PRERELEASE on my new desktop. It has the
 > following hardware:
 > 
 > - Intel Core 2 Duo 6400
 > - Asus P5B motherboard
 > - On-board Realtek NIC (8168B/8111B)
 > 
 > For some reason, it drops all incoming IPv6 packets. I can only SSH to
 > the machine using IPv6 when I run the following command:
 > 
 > $ ifconfig re0 promisc
 > 
 > Is this a known issue about these NICs?

No, I'm not aware of the issue.

The issue can happen on a NIC with incorrectly programmed ethernet
address. Would you show me dmesg/tcpdump output of your system?
Make sure to add -e option to tcpdump(1).

 > 
 > Yours,
 > -- 
 >  Ed Schouten <ed at fxq.nl>
 >  WWW: http://g-rave.nl/
-- 
Regards,
Pyun YongHyeon