Re: "Smart" Hubs

2005-09-12 Thread Dag-Erling Smørgrav
Andrea Campi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > 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 actual

RE: "Smart" Hubs

2005-09-10 Thread Rob MacGregor
On Friday, September 09, 2005 3:40 PM, Ryan P. Sommers <> unleashed the infinite monkeys and produced: > PS If anyone knows of a hub that's "easy" to find and still is an actuall > good 'ol hub, let me know. Not a hub, but a different solution - a network "tap". They're designed to do exactly wh

Re: "Smart" Hubs

2005-09-09 Thread Daniel Eischen
On Sat, 10 Sep 2005, Peter Jeremy wrote: > On Fri, Sep 09, 2005 at 02:44:56PM -0400, Daniel Eischen wrote: > >On Fri, 9 Sep 2005, Brooks Davis 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 any

Re: "Smart" Hubs

2005-09-09 Thread Peter Jeremy
On Fri, Sep 09, 2005 at 02:44:56PM -0400, Daniel Eischen wrote: >On Fri, 9 Sep 2005, Brooks Davis 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

Re: "Smart" Hubs

2005-09-09 Thread Brooks Davis
On Fri, Sep 09, 2005 at 01:28:49PM -0700, Mike Hunter wrote: > On Sep 09, "Daniel Eischen" wrote: > > > 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 >

Re: "Smart" Hubs

2005-09-09 Thread Mike Hunter
On Sep 09, "Daniel Eischen" wrote: > 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

Re: "Smart" Hubs

2005-09-09 Thread 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'

Re: 'Smart' Hubs

2005-09-09 Thread Ryan P. Sommers
> On Fri, 9 Sep 2005, Brooks Davis wrote: >> 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: >> > Google will tell you more about this, as well as suggesting real hubs. >> > I'd recommend to go with Netgear. Ya, th

Re: "Smart" Hubs

2005-09-09 Thread Arne Schwabe
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

Re: "Smart" Hubs

2005-09-09 Thread Daniel Eischen
On Fri, 9 Sep 2005, Brooks Davis wrote: > 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 a

Re: "Smart" Hubs

2005-09-09 Thread 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

Re: "Smart" Hubs

2005-09-09 Thread Andrea Campi
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 switche

"Smart" Hubs

2005-09-09 Thread Ryan P. Sommers
I'm attempting to setup a few systems such that I can sniff traffic to and from one computer. One requirment is this has to be as portable as possible. I obtained a "hub" and setup the target and the sniffing system. However, the sniffing system was not able to see all traffic to/from the target. T