Path: csiph.com!x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net!feeder1.hal-mli.net!nx02.iad01.newshosting.com!newshosting.com!novia!news-out.readnews.com!transit3.readnews.com!panix!not-for-mail From: Grant Edwards Newsgroups: comp.lang.python Subject: Re: Problem receiving UDP broadcast packets. Date: Wed, 20 Apr 2011 14:21:55 +0000 (UTC) Organization: PANIX Public Access Internet and UNIX, NYC Lines: 18 Message-ID: References: <4dae172e$0$65870$e4fe514c@news.xs4all.nl> <4dae1d82$0$81483$e4fe514c@news.xs4all.nl> NNTP-Posting-Host: dsl.comtrol.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: reader1.panix.com 1303309315 14434 64.122.56.22 (20 Apr 2011 14:21:55 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@panix.com NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 20 Apr 2011 14:21:55 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: slrn/pre0.9.9-102 (Linux) Xref: x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net comp.lang.python:3706 On 2011-04-20, Dan Stromberg wrote: > On Tue, Apr 19, 2011 at 8:12 PM, Dan Stromberg wrote: >> I agree though that you're kind of pushing IP in a direction it wasn't >> intended to go. > > It just occurred to me: You might get some additional mileage out of > popping the network adapter into promiscuous mode. In fact, it Might > be necessary irrespective of the rest of your approach. The network adapter is already receiving all the packets I want to receive, so putting it into promiscuous mode would only increase the number of unwanted packets. -- Grant Edwards grant.b.edwards Yow! Send your questions to at ``ASK ZIPPY'', Box 40474, gmail.com San Francisco, CA 94140, USA