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Date: Wed, 06 Dec 2006 11:38:39 -0700
To: Josh Paetzel <josh@tcbug.org>, Julian Elischer <julian@elischer.org>
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Subject: Re: Bandwidth Monitoring program
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At 10:53 AM 12/6/2006, Josh Paetzel wrote:

>He specifically said in his original post that putting a machine 
>between the router and his lan wasn't an option.  His question 
>was,  "Is there a program where I can see whats going on from the
>computer on that network?"  The answer to that question is, if he's on 
>a switched network, no.  Not without a topology change.  

Is adding a hub or a bridge a topology change? I'd argue that it
wasn't.

You can't listen in if you can't connect to the wire.

--Brett Glass