From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Nov 29 7:26: 5 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from joe.pythonvideo.com (joe.pythonvideo.com [209.226.29.94]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EFA8A37B698 for ; Wed, 29 Nov 2000 07:26:01 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost (joe@localhost) by joe.pythonvideo.com (8.11.0/8.11.0) with ESMTP id eATFPu912345; Wed, 29 Nov 2000 10:25:56 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from joe@advancewebhosting.com) X-Authentication-Warning: joe.pythonvideo.com: joe owned process doing -bs Date: Wed, 29 Nov 2000 10:25:56 -0500 (EST) From: Joe Oliveiro X-Sender: joe@joe.pythonvideo.com To: Darryl Hoar Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Network Monitoring In-Reply-To: <002601c05a17$df7db8c0$0701a8c0@ruraltel.net> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG i assume your looking for a way to monitor your network via sniffing packets with the 486 on the hub right? Joe joe@fasti.net FreeBSD - The BEST upgrade you can do to NT! On Wed, 29 Nov 2000, Darryl Hoar wrote: > Greetings, > I have a switched 10/100 network. I have Superstacker II 3300 switches and > DSH 500 hubs. > I have spent quite a bit of time trying to use the Transcend (3COM) network > management > software. The version we are using is lame. I don't want to buy anymore of > their software. > I have a 486 DX 66 with 32MB Ram sitting around. I thought of installing > FreeBSD 4.x on > it and using it only for monitoring/managing my network. Is this hardware > going to be adequate ? > What software (ports) are recommended to accomplish my task ? Wanted > feedback from > someone thats cracked this nut. > > thanks, > Darryl > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message