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
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> > -----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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