Setting up a network and sharing internet

Wed Aug 24 13:53:50 UTC 2005

On Wed, Aug 24, 2005 at 09:52:22AM -0400, James Knott wrote:
> One thing 10 Mb hubs are still useful for, is testing.  You can insert a
> computer running ethereal between a computer and switch.  The
> disadvantage is that you've now changed the connection to half duplex
> and possible also forced a 100 Mb or gigabit NIC to run at 10 Mb.

Well any hub is useful for that, even a 100mbit one.  Of course so is a
decent switch with port mirroring option.

Lennart Sorensen
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