Oh, one part I forgot to mention is this is one of those
"smart" switches that doesn't enable the port if it
detects anything is wrong so I have to somehow convince
the thing that all signals are present in one way or
the other.
Thanks!
~Patrick
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mullen, Patrick
> Sent: Thursday, January 28, 1999 4:30 PM
> To: 'linux-admin'; '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'
> Subject: uni-directional ethernet cable
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>
> [I am not subscribed linux-net so please cc: me in replies. ~PM]
>
> I have a weird wiring question. I want to create an ethernet
> cable for a 100baseT network which can only transmit one
> direction.
>
> The purpose for this cable is to take traffic from one or more
> LANs and mirror it into another LAN where I will have a
> NIDS (Network Intrusion Detection System) monitoring traffic
> from all LANs. The problem is I want to keep these LANs
> (technically they're VLANs on a switch) seperate and using a
> simple crossover cable allowed traffic to flow in both directions,
> defeating the purpose of having the VLANs split up.
>
> Any help would be greatly appreciated.
>
>
> Thanks!
>
> ~Patrick
>
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