Date: Sun, 14 Jan 2001 15:46:46 -0700 From: Wes Peters <wes@softweyr.com> To: opentrax@email.com Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Building a local network on switches (ANTISNIFFER measures) Message-ID: <3A622C56.175671C1@softweyr.com> References: <200101140811.AAA00707@spammie.svbug.com>
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opentrax@email.com wrote:
>
> On 5 Jan, Wes Peters wrote:
> >
> > Except some managed switches allow you to specify certain MAC addresses
> > that are allowed on a given port. Packets received from other MAC
> > addresses are dropped.
> >
> Yes, 3Com ethernet ethernet switched hubs offer this.
> However, most admins I've run into kill that feature.
> One co-lo we were in started dropping packets for no
> reason. So ourselves and others would ping the outside
> world just to keep our servers from getting dropped.
> Yes, they were 3Com.
If you're going to go to the expense of building a switched network, you
might as well buy good switches. The small difference in price is more
than compensated by the large difference in screw-ups and headaches. And
no, 3Com is *not* included on any reasonable list of "good switches."
--
"Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket?"
Wes Peters Softweyr LLC
wes@softweyr.com http://softweyr.com/
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