Re: IDS taps in a switched network

[robert_david_graham () yahoo com (Robert Graham)]

--- mark.gandy () dowcorning com wrote:
> Hi...can anyone recommend a network tap device for listening to a switch
> interface?  I have recently heard these devices would allow me to monitor
> inbound/outbound traffic for a switch.

1. all switches come with a special monitor/span port that allows you to listen
in on one/many/all other ports on the switch

2. Shomiti has a "century" tap for intercepting the traffic on a full duplex
connection  between switches

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Robert Graham
"Anxiously awaiting the millenium so I can start programming
dates with 2-digits again."
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