Date: Fri, 9 Sep 2005 11:18:41 -0700 From: Brooks Davis <brooks@one-eyed-alien.net> To: Andrea Campi <andrea+freebsd_hackers@webcom.it> Cc: "Ryan P. Sommers" <ryans@rpsommers.com>, hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: "Smart" Hubs Message-ID: <20050909181841.GB22781@odin.ac.hmc.edu> In-Reply-To: <20050909144841.GP91865@webcom.it> References: <3581.66.166.104.222.1126276770.squirrel@66.166.104.222> <20050909144841.GP91865@webcom.it>
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--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--
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