Re: Network monitoring
From: Julian Elischer (julian_at_elischer.org)
Date: 11/24/04
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Date: Tue, 23 Nov 2004 18:05:14 -0800 To: Daniel Eischen <deischen@freebsd.org>
Daniel Eischen wrote:
>On Tue, 23 Nov 2004, Simon Roberts wrote:
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>>I apologize that this probably isn't the most relevant
>>list to ask this on. Suggestions for better lists will
>>be welcome.
>>
>>I'm trying to monitor traffice on a 100BaseT ethernet
>>network link. I split the line, put a "hub" in and am
>>trying to run tcpdump on a box off the side of the
>>hub.
>>
>>Unfortunately, it turns out the hub isn't a hub, it's
>>a "switching hub" (what's not a switch about this? I
>>don't get it). Consequently, all I see are arp
>>packets, bootp packets, and the odd broadcast. I went
>>to a local store to buy a hub, and guess what, they
>>sold me another switching hub, so that has to be
>>returned :(
>>
>>So, the question is, can anyone tell me the
>>manufacturer and product name of a real (dumb) hub? I
>>could use 10baseT instead if necessary, I just need
>>something cheap that is a simple repeater. Of course,
>>nobody advertizes "our hub really is a totally dumb
>>hub, not like those fancy switching hubs the
>>
>>
>>competition sells" ;>
>>
>>
put an extra interface on your machine and turn on bridging..
(either normal or netgraph bridging should work).
>You could always go the other way and get a more capable
>switch. At least for the Cisco (3500XL series), you
>can put a port in mirroring mode so that it sees all
>traffic. Sorry, I haven't any advice on real hubs.
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