I think it is a bug. I reported a workaround. See "RE: [Ethereal-users] promiscuous mode cannot work (2001/06/05)". I want you to try it and to report a result.
I have just downloaded Ethereal 0.8.18 for Windows, run it on top of Win98 (original release as well as second edition), and can not get promiscuous mode to work - no matter what I do in selecting the checkbox in the actual capture command. I always only see traffic to/from own workstation and broadcasts.
However, when I run Windump, it fully works and I see all traffic across the wire, including traffic the local workstation is not involved in.
Do I overlook something obvious, or is there a bug?
Simon
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