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* Ethernet Hubs -- OBE?
@ 2009-02-19 22:42 Mike -- EMAIL IGNORED
  2009-02-23 23:23 ` Brent Cook
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 2+ messages in thread
From: Mike -- EMAIL IGNORED @ 2009-02-19 22:42 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: netdev

My Netgear DS104 is OBE; it stops every few days
pending a power cycle.  I need a hub, rather than
a switch because I have one box promiscuously
sniffing all my Linux boxes.  Some shopping
seems to suggest that hubs are no longer available.
I did find some used on the web but none new.

I heard a rumor that some switches can have their
switching switched off so they function as hubs.
Does anyone know anything about this?

Thanks,
Mike.



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* Re: Ethernet Hubs -- OBE?
  2009-02-19 22:42 Ethernet Hubs -- OBE? Mike -- EMAIL IGNORED
@ 2009-02-23 23:23 ` Brent Cook
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 2+ messages in thread
From: Brent Cook @ 2009-02-23 23:23 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Mike -- EMAIL IGNORED; +Cc: netdev

On Thursday 19 February 2009 16:42:55 Mike -- EMAIL IGNORED wrote:
> My Netgear DS104 is OBE; it stops every few days
> pending a power cycle.  I need a hub, rather than
> a switch because I have one box promiscuously
> sniffing all my Linux boxes.  Some shopping
> seems to suggest that hubs are no longer available.
> I did find some used on the web but none new.
>
> I heard a rumor that some switches can have their
> switching switched off so they function as hubs.
> Does anyone know anything about this?
>
> Thanks,
> Mike.

Get a managed switch that supports port mirroring. Just about any Dell 
PowerConnect 2000, 5000 or 6000 series will do it, as well as many 
others from other vendors.

 - Brent

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