Re: Looking for a portable sniffing-friendly hub/switch

[Jake Peavy <djstunks () gmail com>]

On Thu, Apr 8, 2010 at 6:17 AM, RUOFF, LARS (LARS)** CTR ** <
lars.ruoff () alcatel-lucent com> wrote:

> Hi,
> i was looking for a "portable" (i.e.reasonably small and lightweight)
> solution of a capture-capable hub/switch on the wiki pages:
> http://wiki.wireshark.org/HubReference
> http://wiki.wireshark.org/SwitchReference
> But found out that most of the stuff is either not for sale any more (the
> hubs) or does not fulfill the "portable" requirement (the managable
> switches).
>
> During my following web search, i stumbled upon the Netgear GS105E:
> http://www.netgear.com/Products/Switches/PlusSwitches/GS105E.aspx
> which seems to be the perfect fit in terms of size/prize/functions.
> It is in fact a mini-switch that can do port-mirroring according to the
> specs.
>
> The question i have is if anybody already tested this device and can
> confirm the port mirroring capabilities. Especially i wanted to know if it
> is possible to mirror outbound only, so as not to disturb the host network.
>
> Second question is if anybody can recommend another similar device of
> equivalent price (around 50 EUR)?
> Gigabit is a must, PoE would be nice to have too, but i don't expect it
> within that price range.

We use a Cisco 8-port managed GigE switch which supports port mirror (and
can be PoE powered if that's interesting to you).  It's worked great for us.

SLM-2008: https://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps9996/index.html

-- 
-jp

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you might think.

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