Promiscuous mode

Promiscuous mode - mode for a network interface controller that causes the controller to pass all traffic it receives to the central processing unit rather than passing only the frames that the controller is specifically programmed to receive. Article “Promiscuous mode” in English Wikipedia has 17 points for quality (as of July 1, 2026). The article contains 6 references and 4 sections. The article also contains templates indicating quality issues, therefore its score was reduced by 0.89 points.

This article has the best quality in Catalan Wikipedia. However, this article is the most popular in English version.

Since the creation of article “Promiscuous mode”, its content was written by 80 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 303 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 24 times in English Wikipedia and cited 106 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (English): #3196 in January 2005
• Global: #8803 in February 2003

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (English): #81627 in November 2010
• Global: #79710 in November 2008

There are 18 language versions for this article in the WikiRank database (of the considered 55 Wikipedia language editions).

The quality and popularity assessment was based on Wikipédia dumps from July 1, 2026 (including revision history and pageviews for previous years).

The table below shows the language versions of the article with the highest quality.

#	Language	Quality grade	Quality score
1	Catalan (ca) Mode promiscu		22.3854
2	Spanish (es) Modo promiscuo		17.57
3	English (en) Promiscuous mode		16.9609
4	German (de) Promiskuitiver Modus		11.0876
5	Turkish (tr) Promiscuous Mode		10.2546
6	Portuguese (pt) Modo promíscuo		6.8637
7	Czech (cs) Promiskuitní režim		5.9384
8	Korean (ko) 무차별 모드		5.7592
9	Persian (fa) حالت بی‌قاعده		5.2295
10	French (fr) Promiscuous mode		4.8366

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The following table shows the most popular language versions of the article.

The most popular language versions of the article "Promiscuous mode" in all the time

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Promiscuous mode		1 416 294
2	Spanish (es) Modo promiscuo		326 189
3	German (de) Promiskuitiver Modus		281 652
4	French (fr) Promiscuous mode		162 891
5	Russian (ru) Promiscuous mode		143 724
6	Japanese (ja) プロミスキャス・モード		120 081
7	Chinese (zh) 混杂模式		70 023
8	Portuguese (pt) Modo promíscuo		66 148
9	Polish (pl) Tryb nasłuchiwania		56 576
10	Italian (it) Modalità promiscua		26 939

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest popularity in the last month.

The most popular language versions of the article "Promiscuous mode" in June 2026

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Promiscuous mode		1 249
2	Russian (ru) Promiscuous mode		136
3	German (de) Promiskuitiver Modus		127
4	Chinese (zh) 混杂模式		86
5	Japanese (ja) プロミスキャス・モード		72
6	French (fr) Promiscuous mode		69
7	Spanish (es) Modo promiscuo		56
8	Polish (pl) Tryb nasłuchiwania		39
9	Portuguese (pt) Modo promíscuo		18
10	Czech (cs) Promiskuitní režim		16

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest.

Language versions of the article "Promiscuous mode" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Promiscuous mode		80
2	German (de) Promiskuitiver Modus		34
3	Spanish (es) Modo promiscuo		25
4	French (fr) Promiscuous mode		23
5	Polish (pl) Tryb nasłuchiwania		19
6	Russian (ru) Promiscuous mode		18
7	Galician (gl) Modo promiscuo		17
8	Italian (it) Modalità promiscua		15
9	Japanese (ja) プロミスキャス・モード		12
10	Chinese (zh) 混杂模式		12

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest in the last month.

Language versions of the article "Promiscuous mode" with the highest AI in June 2026

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	Catalan (ca) Mode promiscu		0
2	Czech (cs) Promiskuitní režim		0
3	German (de) Promiskuitiver Modus		0
4	English (en) Promiscuous mode		0
5	Spanish (es) Modo promiscuo		0
6	Persian (fa) حالت بی‌قاعده		0
7	French (fr) Promiscuous mode		0
8	Galician (gl) Modo promiscuo		0
9	Hungarian (hu) Válogatás nélküli üzemmód		0
10	Italian (it) Modalità promiscua		0

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest number of citations.

Language versions of the article "Promiscuous mode" with the highest Citation Index (CI)

#	Language	CI award	Relative CI
1	English (en) Promiscuous mode		24
2	Russian (ru) Promiscuous mode		13
3	German (de) Promiskuitiver Modus		9
4	French (fr) Promiscuous mode		8
5	Japanese (ja) プロミスキャス・モード		6
6	Polish (pl) Tryb nasłuchiwania		6
7	Spanish (es) Modo promiscuo		5
8	Italian (it) Modalità promiscua		5
9	Korean (ko) 무차별 모드		5
10	Chinese (zh) 混杂模式		5

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#	Language	Value
ca	Catalan Mode promiscu
cs	Czech Promiskuitní režim
de	German Promiskuitiver Modus
en	English Promiscuous mode
es	Spanish Modo promiscuo
fa	Persian حالت بی‌قاعده
fr	French Promiscuous mode
gl	Galician Modo promiscuo
hu	Hungarian Válogatás nélküli üzemmód
it	Italian Modalità promiscua
ja	Japanese プロミスキャス・モード
ko	Korean 무차별 모드
nl	Dutch Promiscue modus
pl	Polish Tryb nasłuchiwania
pt	Portuguese Modo promíscuo
ru	Russian Promiscuous mode
tr	Turkish Promiscuous Mode
zh	Chinese 混杂模式

Best Rank

English: #81627 11.2010

Global: #79710 11.2008

Best Rank

English: #3196 01.2005

Global: #8803 02.2003

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