"Smart" Hubs

[Brooks Davis]

On Fri, Sep 09, 2005 at 04:48:41PM +0200, Andrea Campi wrote:
> On Fri, Sep 09, 2005 at 08:39:30AM -0600, Ryan P. Sommers wrote:
> > Hub in question is a linksys NH1005 v2.
> > 
> > PS If anyone knows of a hub that's "easy" to find and still is an actuall
> > good 'ol hub, let me know.
> 
> Linksys is sort of well known for playing this trick: they call entry
> level switches "hub" and reserve "switch" for higher-level equipment.
> Which is fine for people who just have to check email and play Quake, but
> screws you to no end when you actually need a hub :-/
> 
> Google will tell you more about this, as well as suggesting real hubs.
> I'd recommend to go with Netgear.

Alternativly, if you can get your hands on a second ethernet port for
your sniffer box, make a passive tap:

http://www.snort.org/docs/tap/

-- Brooks

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