Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH v11) — Question 146

The configuration allows a wired or wireless network interface controller to pass all traffic it receives to the Central Processing Unit (CPU), rather than passing only the frames that the controller is intended to receive.
Which of the following is being described?

Answer options

• A. Multi-cast mode
• B. Promiscuous mode
• C. WEM
• D. Port forwarding

Correct answer: B

Explanation

The correct answer is B, Promiscuous mode, as it allows the network interface to receive all packets on the network. Options A (Multi-cast mode) and C (WEM) refer to different methods of handling network traffic, while D (Port forwarding) pertains to directing traffic from one network port to another, not to all traffic being passed to the CPU.