Robert Brown writes: > Sean Estabrooks writes: > > Are you sure you're using a hub in > > so that you can snoop all traffic? If not you'll need a managed switch > > which allows configuring a port as a snooping-port which isn't a feature > > on many low end switches. Actually, the managed switch snooping port is not a truly viable solution either, as it is quite possible for the aggregate bandwidth of all the traffic thru the switch to exceed the bandwidth capabilities of the snooping port. Even if you are using 100baseT for the switch ports and it gives you a gigbit ethernet snoop port, you are still limited to only 10 ports operating at half duplex, or 5 ports at full duplex. Either the switch must force a slowdown, or the snoop port will miss traffic. Since missing snooped traffic is not an option in my world, then you must force a slowdown of the entire switch. You might just as well use a hub; its whole lot cheaper! -- -------- "And there came a writing to him from Elijah" [2Ch 21:12] -------- R. J. Brown III rj@xxxxxxxxxxx http://www.elilabs.com/~rj voice 859 567-7311 Elijah Laboratories Inc. P. O. Box 166, Warsaw KY 41095 fax 859 567-7311 ----- M o d e l i n g t h e M e t h o d s o f t h e M i n d ------ -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
