Date: Tue, 8 Oct 2002 14:04:13 -0400 (EDT) From: Matt Piechota <piechota@argolis.org> To: twig les <twigles@yahoo.com> Cc: freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Sniffer nic Message-ID: <20021008140221.R396-100000@cithaeron.argolis.org> In-Reply-To: <20021008175440.76297.qmail@web10107.mail.yahoo.com>
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On Tue, 8 Oct 2002, twig les wrote: > Hey *, I need another nic (10/100 copper) for sniffing > and was wondering if anyone had input as to which one > kicks ass. I'm planning on either an Intel Pro or > 3Com, not sure which model yet. Anyone had something > so good that they want to recommend it? The box is > 4.6 Release (fully patched) running Snort 1.8.7. > Hardware is dual P3-1GHz, 2gig ram, scsi blah blah > blah, the only really interesting thing is that I have > an empty 64-bit, 66mhz PCI slot so I can use that for > a good nic if possible. I've had good luck with Intel 8255x NICs, ie EtherExpress Pro, both in card form and in laptops (built-in). I could record a most saturated 100Mbit line on a P2-350 (using Ethereal and FreeBSD) -- Matt Piechota To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message
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