From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Sep 9 18:18:43 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: hackers@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 265ED16A41F for ; Fri, 9 Sep 2005 18:18:43 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from brdavis@odin.ac.hmc.edu) Received: from odin.ac.hmc.edu (Odin.AC.HMC.Edu [134.173.32.75]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CA24943D45 for ; Fri, 9 Sep 2005 18:18:42 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from brdavis@odin.ac.hmc.edu) Received: from odin.ac.hmc.edu (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by odin.ac.hmc.edu (8.13.0/8.13.0) with ESMTP id j89IIgWo002514; Fri, 9 Sep 2005 11:18:42 -0700 Received: (from brdavis@localhost) by odin.ac.hmc.edu (8.13.0/8.13.0/Submit) id j89IIf4o002512; Fri, 9 Sep 2005 11:18:41 -0700 Date: Fri, 9 Sep 2005 11:18:41 -0700 From: Brooks Davis To: Andrea Campi Message-ID: <20050909181841.GB22781@odin.ac.hmc.edu> References: <3581.66.166.104.222.1126276770.squirrel@66.166.104.222> <20050909144841.GP91865@webcom.it> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="IiVenqGWf+H9Y6IX" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20050909144841.GP91865@webcom.it> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.0 required=8.0 tests=none autolearn=no version=2.63 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.63 (2004-01-11) on odin.ac.hmc.edu Cc: "Ryan P. Sommers" , hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: "Smart" Hubs X-BeenThere: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Technical Discussions relating to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 09 Sep 2005 18:18:43 -0000 --IiVenqGWf+H9Y6IX Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Fri, Sep 09, 2005 at 04:48:41PM +0200, Andrea Campi wrote: > On Fri, Sep 09, 2005 at 08:39:30AM -0600, Ryan P. Sommers wrote: > > Hub in question is a linksys NH1005 v2. > >=20 > > PS If anyone knows of a hub that's "easy" to find and still is an actua= ll > > good 'ol hub, let me know. >=20 > Linksys is sort of well known for playing this trick: they call entry > level switches "hub" and reserve "switch" for higher-level equipment. > Which is fine for people who just have to check email and play Quake, but > screws you to no end when you actually need a hub :-/ >=20 > Google will tell you more about this, as well as suggesting real hubs. > I'd recommend to go with Netgear. Alternativly, if you can get your hands on a second ethernet port for your sniffer box, make a passive tap: http://www.snort.org/docs/tap/ -- Brooks --=20 Any statement of the form "X is the one, true Y" is FALSE. PGP fingerprint 655D 519C 26A7 82E7 2529 9BF0 5D8E 8BE9 F238 1AD4 --IiVenqGWf+H9Y6IX Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFDIdIBXY6L6fI4GtQRAletAJ4ybfU9/lIeR6+q63YeN+rQ8JOgywCfT1zF ofYuRDwkl1pX7kS7+u+gaVY= =SY3h -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --IiVenqGWf+H9Y6IX--