From: Marcel Holtmann <marcel@holtmann.org>
To: BlueZ development <bluez-devel@lists.sourceforge.net>
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Date: Sun, 03 Dec 2006 14:32:37 +0100
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Subject: Re: [Bluez-devel] "promiscuous mode" for hci devices?
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Hi Andrew,

> It'd be an analog to ethernet's promiscuous mode, where all frames received 
> are passed up the stack, instead of just the frames matching the devices MAC 
> addresses.

a Bluetooth chip doesn't receive any packets that are not meant for it.
You must understand that Bluetooth works totally different than for
example Ethernet or Wireless LAN.

Regards

Marcel


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