debugging the enc28j60 ethernet communication

The reason is that the router acts as a network switch, and it does not forward traffic between other ports to the PC port. You need a managed switch with a sniffer port configured or an Ethernet tap (google for it).

Does your interface and the switch get the link up?

Get an old fashioned router, not a switch, or get a managed switch that you can setup to route all traffic out a port for your sniffer system. I keep an old router around for this kind of stuff, it is a 10mbps router, but that doesn't matter when the enc28j60 is a 10 meg IC anyway.

On 2015-12-21 WangoTango wrote in comp.arch.embedded:

Didn't you mean to say 'Hub'? Routers have always forwared traffic to only the intended port, it's the hubs who just repeat all traffic on all ports.

Yes, I did. LOL Brain fart time.

Can you please provide me some example for it. Also I browsed all over the net and come to know that router traffic can be sniffed if it is set to the promiscous mode.

So how can I set this promiscous mode in my router as I saw each and every corner in my router settings and I didn't find it anywhere in the settings webpage which I am able to access by just clicking 192.168.0.1 in the browser.

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Yes.

Or just use a splitter to put both devices on the same segment.

George

SOHO routers don't permit promiscious mode - at least not with their standard firmware. You can get a more capable business-class router or look into hacking the firmware on yours.

But it's easiest just to use a splitter to put your PC and the device on the same network segment. A decent 2-way splitter is < $10.

George

An Ethernet tap is a splitter. It seems that the search terms 'ethernet tap' give better results.

Hi guys

I think I need than another NIC card for my computer too so that I can sniff the network between my development board and the router and also would be able to access the internet at the same time.

What you say ???????????

Also can you please tell me some decent ethernet tap with cheap price.

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Yes, I understand that. The issue is that the word "tap" has different connotation than does "splitter". IME "tapping" implies cutting/probing whereas "splitting" (may imply that but usually) implies a plug-and-play solution.

YMMV, George

Hi guys

I want to know that can I make my computer the DHCP server which can dynamically allocate the IP address to my embedded development board and made my PC and board to communicate over the crossover cable.

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You should start with simpler things:

- assign a fixed address to the device and ping it, then - make a BOOTP server and make the device use it

DHCP is an extension of BOOTP.

For details, you could start at .

There is a problem in using a PC as a server: most operating systems obey the recommendation of not allow normal user code to serve ports below 1024.

If you're using Linux, maybe the simplest BOOTP/DHCP server is dnsmasq.

There's no "maybe" about it - dnsmasq is very clear and simple, and should definitely be the first choice for a DHCP server. Don't bother with BOOTP - go straight to DHCP.

"Dual DHCP DNS Server" is good.

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