On Wed, Sep 29, 2010 at 09:47:41PM +0000, bmann...@vacation.karoshi.com wrote: > i find myself in need of a multiport (8-16) 1 Gig ethernet HUB. > > or a switch smart enough to do transparant port mirroring to at least > four ports. > > some kind soul pointed me here, http://www.dlink.com/products/?pid=337 > but its not clear if this will actually perform as desired.
I was recently pointed at this: http://www.dual-comm.com/gigabit_port-mirroring-LAN_switch.htm Haven't ordered one to try yet, but it looks very useful for troubleshooting GigE and PoE links, alas only 5 ports a 1 mirror.