the lazy mans HW research

[bmanning () vacation karoshi com]

morning gentle people.

        i find myself in need of a multiport (8-16) 1 Gig ethernet HUB.

        or a switch smart enough to do transparant port mirroring to at least
        four ports.

        some kind soul pointed me here, http://www.dlink.com/products/?pid=337
        but its not clear if this will actually perform as desired.

        suggest to the suggestable listener?

--bill