"Smart" Hubs

[Daniel Eischen]

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.

-- 
DE