>
> so for monitoring a hub is used rather than a switch.  i wonder if hubs are
> still available.
>
> Be aware that a passive device on a modern ethernet will probably
> receive ONLY the broadcast (and maybe multicast) packets from the
> "backbone."  Since the ethernet fabric tends to be switched, the
> packets that show up at a 10baseT connector are frequently only the
> packets that "need" to be received by that device.
>
> BillW
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