Re: [SLUG] where to get an Ethernet hub (NOT a switch)

2009-07-24 Thread Gavin Carr
On Sun, Jul 19, 2009 at 09:36:47AM +1000, Amos Shapira wrote: I'm looking for an Ethernet hub to be used for network troubleshooting (trying to find which of our hosts is involved in the load on our office uplink). I bought a few Dlink 10MB hubs from the US quite some time back for messing

Re: [SLUG] where to get an Ethernet hub (NOT a switch)

2009-07-24 Thread Amos Shapira
Hi Gavin, I'm supposed to be busy helping my wife move her pilateststudio this weekend but hope to find time to come over. How much would you like for it? I'm waiting for the hub (hopefully not a switch) to arrive to the office this Monday but if it turns out a dud then I'd like to have something

Re: [SLUG] where to get an Ethernet hub (NOT a switch)

2009-07-24 Thread Marty Richards
Amos Shapira wrote: On Sun, Jul 19, 2009 at 09:36:47AM +1000, Amos Shapira wrote: I'm looking for an Ethernet hub to be used for network troubleshooting (trying to find which of our hosts is involved in the load on our office uplink) Hi Amos, I might be a little late now... if

Re: [SLUG] where to get an Ethernet hub (NOT a switch)

2009-07-24 Thread Amos Shapira
2009/7/25 Marty Richards ma...@netwaynetworks.com.au: However, you are doing this the hard way.  You don't need an ethernet hub if you already know where the traffic is going. All you need to do is investigate the traffic on your office uplink. Its possible that the device you use for the

Re: [SLUG] where to get an Ethernet hub (NOT a switch)

2009-07-19 Thread peter
Amos == Amos Shapira amos.shap...@gmail.com writes: Amos Hello, Amos I'm looking for an Ethernet hub to be used for network Amos troubleshooting (trying to find which of our hosts is involved Amos in the load on our office uplink). You probably need a switch with port mirroring. You can pick

Re: [SLUG] where to get an Ethernet hub (NOT a switch)

2009-07-19 Thread peter
peter == peter pe...@chubb.wattle.id.au writes: Amos == Amos Shapira amos.shap...@gmail.com writes: Amos Hello, Amos I'm looking for an Ethernet hub to be used for network Amos troubleshooting (trying to find which of our hosts is involved Amos in the load on our office uplink). If you

Re: [SLUG] where to get an Ethernet hub (NOT a switch)

2009-07-19 Thread Matt Hope
On Sun, Jul 19, 2009 at 09:36, Amos Shapiraamos.shap...@gmail.com wrote: I'm looking for an Ethernet hub to be used for network troubleshooting (trying to find which of our hosts is involved in the load on our office uplink). Would something like this be useful instead?

Re: [SLUG] where to get an Ethernet hub (NOT a switch)

2009-07-19 Thread Martin Visser
Amos, Of course if you purely want to find out the top talkers by IP, probably the industry-standard of way of doing is to in the longer term is to have your router send netflow stats to a collection server. Pretty much any business level router will do this. And if you have chosen a Linksys WRT

Re: [SLUG] where to get an Ethernet hub (NOT a switch)

2009-07-19 Thread Voytek Eymont
On Sun, July 19, 2009 7:55 pm, pe...@chubb.wattle.id.au wrote: Amos == Amos Shapira amos.shap...@gmail.com writes: lifetime warranty from HP, so are pretty safe to buy. lifetime=/life time what's a lifetime of such, as defined by HP? I used to have some SMC ISA NICs with lifetime warranty,

Re: [SLUG] where to get an Ethernet hub (NOT a switch)

2009-07-19 Thread Amos Shapira
2009/7/19 Matt Hope matt.h...@gmail.com On Sun, Jul 19, 2009 at 09:36, Amos Shapiraamos.shap...@gmail.com wrote: I'm looking for an Ethernet hub to be used for network troubleshooting (trying to find which of our hosts is involved in the load on our office uplink). Would something like

Re: [SLUG] where to get an Ethernet hub (NOT a switch)

2009-07-19 Thread Adrian Chadd
On Sun, Jul 19, 2009, Amos Shapira wrote: 2009/7/19 Matt Hope matt.h...@gmail.com On Sun, Jul 19, 2009 at 09:36, Amos Shapiraamos.shap...@gmail.com wrote: I'm looking for an Ethernet hub to be used for network troubleshooting (trying to find which of our hosts is involved in the load on

Re: [SLUG] where to get an Ethernet hub (NOT a switch)

2009-07-19 Thread Martin Visser
Actually it is pretty straight forward - For as long as you own the product, - http://www.procurve.com/customercare/support/warranty Basically if it breaks due to defects in materials and workmanship, they'll fix it (as long as you didn't break it by the way it was operated or maintanedt).

Re: [SLUG] where to get an Ethernet hub (NOT a switch)

2009-07-19 Thread Voytek Eymont
On Sun, July 19, 2009 11:08 pm, Martin Visser wrote: Actually it is pretty straight forward - For as long as you own the product, - http://www.procurve.com/customercare/support/warranty Basically if it breaks due to defects in materials and workmanship, they'll fix it (as long as you

Re: [SLUG] where to get an Ethernet hub (NOT a switch)

2009-07-19 Thread Amos Shapira
2009/7/19 Martin Visser martinvisse...@gmail.com: Amos, Of course if you purely want to find out the top talkers by IP, probably the industry-standard of way of doing is to in the longer term is to have your router send netflow stats to a collection server. Pretty much any We have SonicWall

Re: [SLUG] where to get an Ethernet hub (NOT a switch)

2009-07-19 Thread Kevin Shackleton
On Sun, 2009-07-19 at 20:08 +1000, pe...@chubb.wattle.id.au wrote: Even if it's *called* a hub. The comms technical literature I have on the hardware generally calls all hubs hubs - after all that's what they are isn't it - as in the centre of a wagon-wheel? All hubs these days are switching

Re: [SLUG] where to get an Ethernet hub (NOT a switch)

2009-07-19 Thread Glen Turner
On 19/07/09 09:06, Amos Shapira wrote: Hello, I'm looking for an Ethernet hub to be used for network troubleshooting (trying to find which of our hosts is involved in the load on our office uplink). I hung on to a old 10Base-T hub for exactly this purpose, and as a wireshark capture from

Re: [SLUG] where to get an Ethernet hub (NOT a switch)

2009-07-18 Thread Martin Visser
I think you will find getting a hub pretty hard these days - no one builds them. Presumably you need one so that you can send a copy of traffic for something link Wireshark or Ntop to analyse. Your best bet these days is to find a small manageable switch that supports port mirroring. HP ProCurve

[SLUG] where to get an Ethernet hub (NOT a switch)

2009-07-18 Thread Amos Shapira
Hello, I'm looking for an Ethernet hub to be used for network troubleshooting (trying to find which of our hosts is involved in the load on our office uplink). So far eBay came up with only one option in Australia (which is a modem, and therefore apparently there is more competition on it) and

Re: [SLUG] where to get an Ethernet hub (NOT a switch)

2009-07-18 Thread Robert Collins
On Sun, 2009-07-19 at 09:36 +1000, Amos Shapira wrote: Hello, I'm looking for an Ethernet hub to be used for network troubleshooting (trying to find which of our hosts is involved in the load on our office uplink). If you want to do greedy packet capturing, I suggest using 'port mirroring',