Date: Fri, 9 Sep 2005 17:57:05 -0400 (EDT) From: Daniel Eischen <deischen@freebsd.org> To: Peter Jeremy <peterjeremy@optushome.com.au> Cc: "Ryan P. Sommers" <ryans@rpsommers.com>, hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: "Smart" Hubs Message-ID: <Pine.GSO.4.43.0509091752470.8605-100000@sea.ntplx.net> In-Reply-To: <20050909204453.GA89302@server.vk2pj.dyndns.org>
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On Sat, 10 Sep 2005, Peter Jeremy wrote: > On Fri, Sep 09, 2005 at 02:44:56PM -0400, Daniel Eischen wrote: > >On Fri, 9 Sep 2005, Brooks Davis wrote: > >> > On Fri, Sep 09, 2005 at 08:39:30AM -0600, Ryan P. Sommers wrote: > >> > > Hub in question is a linksys NH1005 v2. > >> > > > >> > > PS If anyone knows of a hub that's "easy" to find and still is an actuall > >> > > good 'ol hub, let me know. > ... > >> Alternativly, if you can get your hands on a second ethernet port for > >> your sniffer box, make a passive tap: > > > >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. > > I think most managed switches let you do this. The keyword being > "managed" and a managed switch is always going to be far more > expensive than a hub. This is mostly useful if you already have > the infrastructure in place and just want to look at one of the > systems attached to the switch. Like I pointed out, though, it isn't as expensive as you think ($175 US for the Netgear). That's equivalent to about 2 hours of labor time at the rate my company charges. -- DE
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