On Tue, 2004-03-16 at 08:46, Michael Handiboe wrote:
> http://article.gmane.org/gmane.linux.ntop.general/5081
> 
> This is exactly what I needed and I share the same concerns:
> real hubs are getting hard to find ... what does the industry
> expect us to do when we need to sniff our networks!?!?!?
> 

Sometimes the easiest thing to do is buy (beg, steal) a 4 port hub and
plug the uplink port of the switch into it, as well as the ntop box (or
snort, or whatever) and the other end of the connection.

This will get you all of the traffic that is inbound and outbound (but
not cross traffic on the switch). Plus it is very cheap. 4 port hubs are
generally less then $20.

That should at least allow you (your boss) to get a better idea of whats
going on and evaluate if it is worth getting a better switch.


-- 
Mike Tremaine
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