Date: Fri, 09 Sep 2005 21:08:58 +0200 From: Arne Schwabe <arne@rfc2549.org> To: Daniel Eischen <deischen@freebsd.org> Cc: "Ryan P. Sommers" <ryans@rpsommers.com>, hackers@freebsd.org, Andrea Campi <andrea+freebsd_hackers@webcom.it> Subject: Re: "Smart" Hubs Message-ID: <4321DDCA.8050902@rfc2549.org> In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.4.43.0509091440500.8605-100000@sea.ntplx.net> References: <Pine.GSO.4.43.0509091440500.8605-100000@sea.ntplx.net>
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>I came in kinda late to this thread, but if you're trying to find >a hub/switch in order to sniff network traffic, then you can always >go for a switch that let's you monitor traffic on other ports. >I know the Cisco's will let you do this, but I'd be suprised if >you couldn't find it on some other cheaper switches. > > > Or if you have 3 nics, use if_bridge. Or buy a really expensive managed switch, which allows you to mirror ports, vlans etc. Arne
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