Re: [gentoo-user] Re: OT:hardware sniffer equipment

2007-12-14 Thread kashani
James wrote: COST is the key factor. Why pay somebody for something, when you can get equivalent functionality for very few dollars. A flat hub is all I need (want).. With a flat hub and a portable, you can mix in any amount of target software and do many things with a flat but and a linux

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: OT:hardware sniffer equipment

2007-12-14 Thread Randy Barlow
James wrote: > Have you set one up to sniff and remotely display the result on a workstaion > before? No, I definitely haven't done anything like that. Mine is just a router/WAP/firewall/QoS thing with some fun port forwarding rules. Funny that it's default firmware doesn't let you forward outsid

[gentoo-user] Re: OT:hardware sniffer equipment

2007-12-14 Thread James
Randy Barlow electronsweatshop.com> writes: > > I'd consider an embedded (linux) board with a few ports, if they > > are or can be setup as a flat hub. > This seems like something that you should be able to do with OpenWRT and > a Linksys WRT54Gl... Yep, that device was on the short list. I h

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: OT:hardware sniffer equipment

2007-12-14 Thread Randy Barlow
James wrote: > COST is the key factor. Why pay somebody for something, when you can get > equivalient functionality for very few dollars. A flat hub is all > I need (want).. With a flat hub and a portable, you can mix in > any amount of target software and do many things with a flat but > and

[gentoo-user] Re: OT:hardware sniffer equipment

2007-12-14 Thread James
Etaoin Shrdlu unlimitedmail.org> writes: > Of course, we're not talking of low-end switches here. > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_mirroring > Alternatively, although this is not exactly the same thing, you might > want to consider using a network tap COST is the key factor. Why pay someb