Re: Looking for a portable sniffing-friendly hub/switch

[Sake Blok <sake () euronet nl>]

On 21 mei 2010, at 00:24, mr.k wrote:
> On Thu, May 20, 2010 at 11:55 AM, Sake Blok <sake () euronet nl> wrote:
> > On 20 mei 2010, at 16:49, RUOFF, LARS (LARS)** CTR ** wrote:
> >
> > > There are some other issues with the GS105E, which probably make it less of a recommendation than I initially 
> > > thought:
> > > http://forum1.netgear.com/showthread.php?t=49571
> >
> >
> > Bummer... I ordered one this morning... let's hope NetGear will release the new FW soon... bc it's still a nice 
> > little switch packed with features :-)
>
> Some cool things..
>
> It seems that you dont need to configure the gs105e every time you
> power it up, just plug and go. So Mac guys/gals wont have the burden
> if they carry this around for quick out of the bag monitoring.

True, you can make a default setup that will cover non-vlan tagged connections and maybe a standard vlag tagged link 
something like:

port 1+2 -> vlan 1
port 3+4 -> all vlans
port 5 -> private vlan (for example vlan 4093 which might not be used often)

mirror port 1-4 to port 5

Still, some situations request a custom config...

> Also the ping issue with vlans seems not to be affecting the one I
> have, and to do monitoring/mirroring you dont need vlans enabled.

Which version FW do you have? I just received my GS105E and it runs version 1.07 which does indeed contain the ping bug 
:-(
(when pinging from Cygwin, the problem was not seen on the ping responses, just from a trace. Windows 7 does show the 
ip address of the switch as the ping responder though)

I guess I'll have to annoy the NetGear support until they release v 1.09 which has been beta-tested by someone on the 
NetGear forum...

Cheers,


Sake
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