Date: Mon, 12 Sep 2005 10:14:59 +0200 From: des@des.no (=?iso-8859-1?q?Dag-Erling_Sm=F8rgrav?=) To: Andrea Campi <andrea+freebsd_hackers@webcom.it> Cc: "Ryan P. Sommers" <ryans@rpsommers.com>, hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: "Smart" Hubs Message-ID: <86d5ne66t8.fsf@xps.des.no> In-Reply-To: <20050909144841.GP91865@webcom.it> (Andrea Campi's message of "Fri, 9 Sep 2005 16:48:41 %2B0200") References: <3581.66.166.104.222.1126276770.squirrel@66.166.104.222> <20050909144841.GP91865@webcom.it>
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Andrea Campi <andrea+freebsd_hackers@webcom.it> writes: > 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 :-/ Just flood the switch's MAC table (by sending packets with fake destination ethernet addresses) to force it into learning mode. DES --=20 Dag-Erling Sm=F8rgrav - des@des.no
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