On Fri, Sep 09, 2005 at 01:28:49PM -0700, Mike Hunter wrote: > On Sep 09, "Daniel Eischen" wrote: > > > On Fri, 9 Sep 2005, Arne Schwabe wrote: > > > > >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. > > > > Well, is $175.00 US expensive? The Netgear FS726T can be had for > > about that price, and according to Netgear's web site, will support > > port monitoring. A 24-port switch may not be small enough for you, > > but if you look around enough, you might find something that is. > > I think it violates specifications, but how about a physical copper "tap", > like a two-headed cable? Has anybody ever tried something like this? > Ethernet was designed in the days of shared media....
That would be what the link I posted earlier does. With full-duplex connections, you need two recieve lines to get traffic in both directions, but it does in fact work. -- Brooks -- Any statement of the form "X is the one, true Y" is FALSE. PGP fingerprint 655D 519C 26A7 82E7 2529 9BF0 5D8E 8BE9 F238 1AD4
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