"Melameth, Daniel D." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> There is a facility on the NETGEAR to send all traffic to an inside >> machine for whatever reason. Its called a DMZ Server although I don't >> think that is the normal usage of DMZ, but not experienced enough to >> know for sure. > > This might not work the way you are expecting it to. What you really > want is a device that can mirror a switched port.
I've done some googling now as you suggested and what I'm seeing is this mirroring facility is only available on high end switches/routers. Not ones in my price range of $2-300. Plus, I already have this NETGEAR so loath to spend another pile of cash. And I know from experimenting a year or so ago that enabling what they call DMZ functionality will show me the traffic I want to see on whatever machine I aim it at. And finally, the objective here is to learn enough PF usage to be confident I'm not opening my box for public perusal. So not willing to spend more on hardware. Except maybe a soekris box but then I'm back to needing to gain some confidence thru experience again.
