There is one possibility. Back in the old days when I worked on bus-type
lans w/10baset nics (yes it's as bad as it sounds) I had to make
terminators for the ends of the chain & to test nics. I can't find any in
my junk box right now, but if you want to experiment any good reference
book should give you the resistance & pinout. It's also good for shutting
down computers that have nics but aren't connected to a lan (otherwise
you'll wait forever for windows to close out).
EdP
On Tue, 17 Aug 1999 08:03:06 -0400 "Burgess, Jeff"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> Even if the nic is in promiscuous mode just sitting there listening?
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Robert Faulds [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
>Sent: Monday, August 16, 1999 8:27 PM
>Cc: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'
>Subject: Re: Snipping TX wires
>
>
>This only works on AUI cables. Cut the trasnmit leads on a twisted
>pair,
>and you loose heartbeat.
>
>
>Ben Nagy wrote:
>>
>> So has anyone actually done this successfully themselves? The cables
>I
>> doctored resulted in the NIC / hub being confused about whether it
>had
>link
>> or not. As a result I didn't get any data. This is on an NT box, so
>it
>_may_
>> be OS specific, but I would have imagined that it would be a
>pervasive
>> problem...
>>
>> Is there a trick?
>>
>> --
>> Ben Nagy
>> Network Consultant, CPM&S Group of Companies
>> PGP Key ID: 0x1A86E304 Mobile: +61 414 411 520
>>
>> > -----Original Message-----
>> > From: Craig I. Hagan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
>> > Sent: Tuesday, August 17, 1999 5:57 AM
>> > To: Burgess, Jeff
>> > Cc: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'
>> > Subject: Re: NICs and Protocols
>> > if you snip the tx lead so that the machine can't send data,
>> > period, then this
>> > should be fine -- however, i wouldn't have the machine bridge
>> > to another
>> > network, even with the lead snipped, use the serial port to
>> > manage me machine,
>> > then there is no risk of packets being leaked.
>> >
>> > -- craig
>> >
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