Set 3 ports in a bridge, hook up a sniffer to one port, pass traffic between the two other ports and see if you see traffic? That should tell you which it is.
Would also be interesting to see the arp table in this situation... -mike Sent from my iPhone On Mar 1, 2011, at 17:56, Bill Prince <[email protected]> wrote: > This question came up a few weeks ago in the midst of a discussion about the > RB493/450 etc. > > Someone (I don't remember who) asserted that when using the built-in switch > capabilities of these routerboards, that the actual function is like a hub, > not a switch. > > Anybody know for a fact that this is the case? > > What about the RBs that are actually supposed to be a switch (e.g. RB250)? > > Would be a shame if they really are acting as hubs. > > -- > bp > > _______________________________________________ > Mikrotik mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.butchevans.com/mailman/listinfo/mikrotik > > Visit http://blog.butchevans.com/ for tutorials related to Mikrotik RouterOS _______________________________________________ Mikrotik mailing list [email protected] http://www.butchevans.com/mailman/listinfo/mikrotik Visit http://blog.butchevans.com/ for tutorials related to Mikrotik RouterOS
