Hello,
Just for information for those that have joined in on the subject some time ago:
I finally acquired a Netgear GS105E and it very much fits my expectations.
It can do port mirroring of up to 4 ports to one mirror port.
The mirroring does preserve 802.1Q VLAN tags.
Another nice feature is that you may put the mirror port in a separate port based VLAN. Then your sniffer PC goes undetected from the rest of the (customer) network.
I recommend it.
Regards,
Lars Ruoff
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Sent: jeudi 8 avril 2010 20:29
To: Community support list for Wireshark
Subject: Re: [Wireshark-users] Looking for a portable sniffing-friendlyhub/switch
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From: "RUOFF, LARS (LARS)** CTR **" <lars.ruoff@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Community support list for Wireshark" <wireshark-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, April 08, 2010 2:17 PM
Subject: [Wireshark-users] Looking for a portable
sniffing-friendlyhub/switch
> 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.
Lars,
You have found a really nice switch. I had done the same searching as you
have and ended up with a real hub which does the job for hobby type of
sniffing. But in a production environment a switch is much better.
I'm also interested to hear from people who have used it. Please let us know
how it does the job if you might buy one.
Dave
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