Also be warned that many "hubs" on the market are actually switches. I find this terribly annoying. Cheers, Piers -----Original Message----- From: Rasca [mailto:rasca-ml@xxxxxxxx] Sent: 22 January 2004 13:37 To: Jeffrey Laramie Cc: netfilter@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: port forwarding with one interface to trace traffic? Hi, Jeffrey Laramie schrieb: > >> >> 3. Connect a hub (not a switch) to the printer's ethernet cable (or to >> the Mac's ethernet cable), and plug the Linux machine running ethereal >> into the hub, so you can sniff the packets off the wire without any NAT. >> >> > > This is dangerously OT, but what's the difference? I always thought that > the difference between a switch and a hub was simply a matter of > internal plumbing that affected how the pipes were connected and had no > effect on the actual tcp/ip connections. I've used them interchangeably > and haven't seen a difference. Maybe someone has a link that could > educate me more better! :-) A "hub" broadcasts all packets to all port. And yes - that was the way I choosed, cause it's more simple to setup (I found an old hub..) and it's working. thx to Antony. cu rasca -- _______________________________________________________________ | Triad Berlin Projektgesellschaft mbH | http://www.triad.de/ |
