Re: Tap problem.

[Paul W Halliday <paulh () dove penix org>]

On Sat, 19 Jun 2004, Frank Knobbe wrote:

> On Sat, 2004-06-19 at 14:35, Paul W Halliday wrote:
> > I just finished building a second tap as per the instructions at
> > http://www.snort.org/docs/tap/. Has anyone else built one of these? and if
> > so do you get a link light on the NIC plugged into tap A?
> > I was under the impression that either A or B would carry traffic if the
> > device was full duplex. All I pick up it outgoing traffic.
>
> I've been using the read-only cable for years now, but it is constructed
> a bit different (see ASCII drawing in the FAQ). In order to get a link,
> you have to connect pins 1 and 2 on the sniffer/snort interface.
> Apparently that is not described in Michael's tap drawing.
>
> Go ahead and short-circuit pin 1 and 2 on both Tap A and Tap B ports
> individually. That should fake a link on the sniffer card(s).

Exactly what I was looking for. Thanks.

> Regards,
> Frank


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