Re: Smart Hubs

2005-09-12 Thread Dag-Erling Smørgrav
Andrea Campi [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Linksys is sort of well known for playing this trick: they call entry level switches hub and reserve switch for higher-level equipment. Which is fine for people who just have to check email and play Quake, but screws you to no end when you actually need a

RE: Smart Hubs

2005-09-10 Thread Rob MacGregor
On Friday, September 09, 2005 3:40 PM, Ryan P. Sommers unleashed the infinite monkeys and produced: PS If anyone knows of a hub that's easy to find and still is an actuall good 'ol hub, let me know. Not a hub, but a different solution - a network tap. They're designed to do exactly what

Re: Smart Hubs

2005-09-09 Thread Andrea Campi
On Fri, Sep 09, 2005 at 08:39:30AM -0600, Ryan P. Sommers wrote: Hub in question is a linksys NH1005 v2. PS If anyone knows of a hub that's easy to find and still is an actuall good 'ol hub, let me know. Linksys is sort of well known for playing this trick: they call entry level switches hub

Re: Smart Hubs

2005-09-09 Thread Brooks Davis
On Fri, Sep 09, 2005 at 04:48:41PM +0200, Andrea Campi wrote: On Fri, Sep 09, 2005 at 08:39:30AM -0600, Ryan P. Sommers wrote: Hub in question is a linksys NH1005 v2. PS If anyone knows of a hub that's easy to find and still is an actuall good 'ol hub, let me know. Linksys is sort of

Re: Smart Hubs

2005-09-09 Thread Daniel Eischen
On Fri, 9 Sep 2005, Brooks Davis wrote: On Fri, Sep 09, 2005 at 04:48:41PM +0200, Andrea Campi wrote: On Fri, Sep 09, 2005 at 08:39:30AM -0600, Ryan P. Sommers wrote: Hub in question is a linksys NH1005 v2. PS If anyone knows of a hub that's easy to find and still is an actuall

Re: Smart Hubs

2005-09-09 Thread Arne Schwabe
I came in kinda late to this thread, but if you're trying to find a hub/switch in order to sniff network traffic, then you can always go for a switch that let's you monitor traffic on other ports. I know the Cisco's will let you do this, but I'd be suprised if you couldn't find it on some other

Re: 'Smart' Hubs

2005-09-09 Thread Ryan P. Sommers
On Fri, 9 Sep 2005, Brooks Davis wrote: On Fri, Sep 09, 2005 at 04:48:41PM +0200, Andrea Campi wrote: On Fri, Sep 09, 2005 at 08:39:30AM -0600, Ryan P. Sommers wrote: Google will tell you more about this, as well as suggesting real hubs. I'd recommend to go with Netgear. Ya, this was

Re: Smart Hubs

2005-09-09 Thread Daniel Eischen
On Fri, 9 Sep 2005, Arne Schwabe wrote: I came in kinda late to this thread, but if you're trying to find a hub/switch in order to sniff network traffic, then you can always go for a switch that let's you monitor traffic on other ports. I know the Cisco's will let you do this, but I'd be

Re: Smart Hubs

2005-09-09 Thread Mike Hunter
On Sep 09, Daniel Eischen wrote: On Fri, 9 Sep 2005, Arne Schwabe wrote: I came in kinda late to this thread, but if you're trying to find a hub/switch in order to sniff network traffic, then you can always go for a switch that let's you monitor traffic on other ports. I know the

Re: Smart Hubs

2005-09-09 Thread Brooks Davis
On Fri, Sep 09, 2005 at 01:28:49PM -0700, Mike Hunter wrote: On Sep 09, Daniel Eischen wrote: On Fri, 9 Sep 2005, Arne Schwabe wrote: I came in kinda late to this thread, but if you're trying to find a hub/switch in order to sniff network traffic, then you can always go for a

Re: Smart Hubs

2005-09-09 Thread Peter Jeremy
On Fri, Sep 09, 2005 at 02:44:56PM -0400, Daniel Eischen wrote: On Fri, 9 Sep 2005, Brooks Davis wrote: On Fri, Sep 09, 2005 at 08:39:30AM -0600, Ryan P. Sommers wrote: Hub in question is a linksys NH1005 v2. PS If anyone knows of a hub that's easy to find and still is an actuall

Re: Smart Hubs

2005-09-09 Thread Daniel Eischen
On Sat, 10 Sep 2005, Peter Jeremy wrote: On Fri, Sep 09, 2005 at 02:44:56PM -0400, Daniel Eischen wrote: On Fri, 9 Sep 2005, Brooks Davis wrote: On Fri, Sep 09, 2005 at 08:39:30AM -0600, Ryan P. Sommers wrote: Hub in question is a linksys NH1005 v2. PS If anyone knows of a hub