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Date:      Thu, 22 Apr 2004 17:21:31 +0200
From:      Kurt Jaeger <lists@complx.LF.net>
To:        Wolfpaw - Dale Corse <admin-lists@wolfpaw.net>
Cc:        'Spidey Knepscheld' <spidey@act.co.za>
Subject:   Re: Traffic Monitor
Message-ID:  <20040422152131.GZ55822@complx.LF.net>
In-Reply-To: <01cf01c4287e$f80edb10$b8a6b38e@wolf>
References:  <DAENIFJEFNHAEEEFPNLKIEKECBAA.spidey@act.co.za> <01cf01c4287e$f80edb10$b8a6b38e@wolf>

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Hi!

> > to a 100base switch. The reason I used the 10base HUB is 
> > because it broadcasts all the data to all the ports. So for 
> > all data to and from the firewall will be caught by the 
> > Monitoring BSD box. I hope this makes sense.
> 
> That is an _extremely_ bad idea. Hubs have major collisions,

Yes, but he only has a 256 kbit uplink. Therefore, that's OK.

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