Re: "Smart" Hubs

From: Dag-Erling Smørgrav (des_at_des.no)
Date: 09/12/05

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    To: Andrea Campi <andrea+freebsd_hackers@webcom.it>
Date: Mon, 12 Sep 2005 10:14:59 +0200

    Andrea Campi <andrea+freebsd_hackers@webcom.it> 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 actually need a hub :-/

    Just flood the switch's MAC table (by sending packets with fake
    destination ethernet addresses) to force it into learning mode.

    DES 

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Dag-Erling Smørgrav - des@des.no
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