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Setting a NIC to run in promiscuous mode will allow it to see all network traffic passing through a network switch.

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Answer: True

Step-by-step explanation:

In the computer networking, promiscuous mode is the device driver which directed the NIC ( network interface controller) path to passed the wireless frame in the operating system and into monitor the traffic in the software. Basically, it caused controller to passed the traffic which are received from the central processing unit. This mode is usually used for detecting the packet in the router and used for the hardware virtualization.

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