From owner-freebsd-net Sun Apr 21 10: 5:38 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Received: from mail.wolves.k12.mo.us (mail.wolves.k12.mo.us [207.160.214.1]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B796A37B400 for ; Sun, 21 Apr 2002 10:05:35 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mail.wolves.k12.mo.us (cdillon@mail.wolves.k12.mo.us [207.160.214.1]) by mail.wolves.k12.mo.us (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id MAA10730; Sun, 21 Apr 2002 12:05:33 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from cdillon@wolves.k12.mo.us) Date: Sun, 21 Apr 2002 12:05:32 -0500 (CDT) From: Chris Dillon To: Michael Smith Cc: freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: network traffic analysis with a network switch In-Reply-To: <20020419081453.X30314@staff.texas.net> Message-ID: <20020421115733.U9678-100000@mail.wolves.k12.mo.us> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Fri, 19 Apr 2002, Michael Smith wrote: > What I would like to be able to do is somehow send copies of > network traffic to the RH box without having to move it > between the FreeBSD box and the switch. Is this possible > and if so, how would I go about setting this up? With the right switch you can do this easily. It requires a managed switch with the ability to have a "monitoring" port. You can copy traffic to/from one port to another port, or if the switch allows it, all of the traffic on an entire VLAN to a port. -- Chris Dillon - cdillon@wolves.k12.mo.us - cdillon@inter-linc.net FreeBSD: The fastest and most stable server OS on the planet - Available for IA32 (Intel x86) and Alpha architectures - IA64, PowerPC, UltraSPARC, and ARM architectures under development - http://www.freebsd.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-net" in the body of the message