Wireshark-users: Re: [Wireshark-users] Fwd: Cannot receive all packet from different cpu.

From: Gerald Combs <gerald@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 04 Jan 2008 20:10:18 -0600

Jack Jackson wrote:
> At 03:21 PM 1/4/2008, jbartas wrote:
>>     Hubs are getting hard to find everywhere - in the US, Ebay is one
>> source. For the last year I've been collecting every hub I see (both 10
>> and 100) at junk stores, yards sales, even friends throwing them away
>> because they are "upgrading" to switches. Anyone who may even have to
>> troubleshoot a network should do the same. The has to be some old hubs
>> in your country somewhere....
> 
> You have to watch out for the ones called hubs that are actually 
> switches.  Also don't forget that a 10/100 hub is actually a 10 MHz hub and 
> a 100 MHz hub connected by a switch. 

True hubs may be scarce, but you can buy an 8-port managed switch (including
port mirroring) for $240:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833124087