On Wed, 12 Oct 2005 22:45:49 +0100
Jonathan Marriott <jon at kiwiuk dot net> wrote:

> Is it possible to turn an unused ethernet connection into a mirror of a used 
> one using monowall? Much like some managed switches do. I have a WRAP 3-port 
> board and have one spare that I'd like to use to see what is going on with my 
> Internet connection and use things like ntop and ethereal on. 

	If you have an old hub (not a switch) you can put it in the
traffic path:

[ LAN ] -- [ m0n0 ] -- [ hub ] -- [ Internet ]

Then off the hub connect a PC to do the monitoring.

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