promisc_support Test Suite

Promiscuous mode support test suite.

Test promiscuous support by sending a packet with a different destination mac address from the TG to the SUT.

class TestPromiscSupport

Bases: TestSuite

Promiscuous mode support test suite.

ALTERNATIVE_MAC_ADDRESS: str = '02:00:00:00:00:00'

Alternate MAC address.

promisc_packets() → None

Verify that promiscuous mode works.

Steps:

  • Create a packet with a different mac address to the destination.

  • Enable promiscuous mode.

  • Send and receive packet.

  • Disable promiscuous mode.

  • Send and receive packet.

Verify:

  • Packet sent with the wrong address is received in promiscuous mode and filtered out otherwise.

required_capabilities: ClassVar[set[Capability]] = {28}

The capabilities the test case or suite requires in order to be executed.