[ipv6hackers] Best Network Tap - for home

[Luis MartinGarcia]

Somehow related to that, this paper talks about receive-only UTP cables.

http://dgonzalez.net/pub/roc/roc.pdf

Regards,

Luis MartinGarcia


On Thu, Jul 11, 2013 at 11:33 AM, Mark ZZZ Smith
<markzzzsmith at yahoo.com.au>wrote:

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> ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Sander Steffann <sander at steffann.nl>
> > To: IPv6 Hackers Mailing List <ipv6hackers at lists.si6networks.com>
> > Cc:
> > Sent: Thursday, 11 July 2013 9:55 AM
> > Subject: Re: [ipv6hackers] Best Network Tap - for home
> >
> > Hi Marc,
> >
> >>  I recommend the following:
> >>  Dualcomm DCSW-1005, 5 Ports, FastEthernet, 76$, USB powered and can not
> >>  be configured :-)
> >
> > If you want FastEthernet why not just take a simple patch panel and make
> a
> > passive tap yourself? :-)
> > Pictures at http://www.steffann.nl/sander/tap/. Works great and very
> > inexpensive!
> >
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> There is an official GigE cross over wiring, so that technique could
> probably be applied to GigE too. I can't remember where exactly I got the
> wiring for it, however I converted an RJ45 inline adaptor (i.e.,
> female/female) to use it, and had no trouble bringing up 10, 100 and 1000
> speeds across it, without any changes to the settings of the NIC interfaces.
>
> This page rings a bell, although a google search shows up a number of
> other pages which provide it, including on Wikipedia:
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> http://logout.sh/computers/net/gigabit/
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> https://www.kumari.net/index.php/networking/tips-and-tricks/16-
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> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethernet_crossover_cable
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> > Cheers,
> > Sander
> >
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