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Entering promiscuous mode kills ethernet connection

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Hi!

I started with a completely new ubuntu installation (ubuntu-14.04.1lts-lubuntu-odroid-u-20140814). My device is connected with ethernet and I plugged in a wlan stick. I am accessing the computer via vnc (of course via ethernet).

Using gnome network manager I connect to my wireless network. When I start Wireshark in promiscuous mode odroid's ethernet connection is lost immediately and of course vnc stops working.

This is what syslog tells me:

Oct 30 00:38:02 odroid kernel: [ 1851.202209] wlan2: deauthenticating from blabla by local choice (reason=3)
Oct 30 00:36:35 odroid wpa_supplicant[996]: message repeated 2 times: [ wlan2: CTRL-EVENT-SCAN-STARTED ]
Oct 30 00:38:02 odroid wpa_supplicant[996]: wlan2: CTRL-EVENT-DISCONNECTED bssid=blabla reason=3 locally_generated=1
Oct 30 00:38:02 odroid NetworkManager[610]: <warn> Connection disconnected (reason -3)
Oct 30 00:38:02 odroid kernel: [ 1851.282762] cfg80211: Calling CRDA to update world regulatory domain
Oct 30 00:38:02 odroid avahi-daemon[502]: Interface wlan2.IPv6 no longer relevant for mDNS.
Oct 30 00:38:02 odroid avahi-daemon[502]: Leaving mDNS multicast group on interface wlan2.IPv6 with address blabla.
Oct 30 00:38:02 odroid avahi-daemon[502]: Interface wlan2.IPv4 no longer relevant for mDNS.
Oct 30 00:38:02 odroid avahi-daemon[502]: Leaving mDNS multicast group on interface wlan2.IPv4 with address 192.168.2.152.
Oct 30 00:38:02 odroid dhclient: receive_packet failed on wlan2: Network is down
Oct 30 00:38:03 odroid avahi-daemon[502]: Withdrawing address record for blabla on wlan2.
Oct 30 00:38:03 odroid avahi-daemon[502]: Withdrawing address record for 192.168.2.152 on wlan2.
Oct 30 00:38:03 odroid avahi-daemon[502]: Joining mDNS multicast group on interface wlan2.IPv4 with address 192.168.2.152.
Oct 30 00:38:03 odroid avahi-daemon[502]: New relevant interface wlan2.IPv4 for mDNS.
Oct 30 00:38:03 odroid avahi-daemon[502]: Registering new address record for 192.168.2.152 on wlan2.IPv4.
Oct 30 00:38:03 odroid avahi-daemon[502]: Interface wlan2.IPv4 no longer relevant for mDNS.
Oct 30 00:38:03 odroid avahi-daemon[502]: Leaving mDNS multicast group on interface wlan2.IPv4 with address 192.168.2.152.
Oct 30 00:38:03 odroid avahi-daemon[502]: Withdrawing address record for 192.168.2.152 on wlan2.
Oct 30 00:38:03 odroid kernel: [ 1851.636409] device wlan2 entered promiscuous mode
Oct 30 00:38:03 odroid NetworkManager[610]: <info> (wlan2): supplicant interface state: completed -> scanning
Oct 30 00:38:03 odroid avahi-daemon[502]: Joining mDNS multicast group on interface wlan2.IPv4 with address 192.168.2.152.
Oct 30 00:38:03 odroid avahi-daemon[502]: New relevant interface wlan2.IPv4 for mDNS.
Oct 30 00:38:03 odroid avahi-daemon[502]: Registering new address record for 192.168.2.152 on wlan2.IPv4.
Oct 30 00:38:05 odroid ntpd[1712]: Deleting interface #6 wlan2, blabla#123, interface stats: received=0, sent=0, dropped=0, active_time=1800 secs
Oct 30 00:38:05 odroid ntpd[1712]: peers refreshed
Oct 30 00:07:56 odroid whoopsie[774]: message repeated 5 times: [ online]
Oct 30 00:38:23 odroid whoopsie[774]: offline

What is happening here and how can I prevent it? Thanks for your help!

asked 29 Oct '14, 07:19

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Badudel
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edited 29 Oct '14, 07:21


One Answer:

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As your platform is a SOC (Odroid), the problems could be related to the ethernet chipset, which seems to be something that's bridging USB to Ethernet !?!

http://www.hardkernel.com/main/products/prdt_info.php?g_code=G138745696275&tab_idx=2

HSIC Ethernet controller    LAN9730HSIC USB 2.0 to 10/100 Ethernet controller with HP Auto-MDIX from SMSC/Microchip

So, if you have problems with your WLAN, especially if that's a USB dongle, it could be related to that chip or the driver.

I guess you will get a better answer in an Odroid forum, as others might have experienced the same problem.

Regards
Kurt

answered 29 Oct '14, 07:39

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Kurt Knochner ♦
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edited 29 Oct '14, 07:45