Re: Switched network

[Gary Flynn]

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"Luff, Darryl" wrote:
>
> If you're monitoring a point-to-point link between a firewall and a
switch,
> inserting a hub wont make much difference to performance. The traffic is
the
> same (barring traffic generated by the monitor itself, which is hopefully
> fairly light).

This is true if the switch and FW operate in half-duplex. If not,
performance can decrease by installing a hub because it would mandate
falling back from full-duplex to half-duplex.