[ipv6hackers] Best Network Tap - for home

[Mark ZZZ Smith]

----- Original Message -----
> From: Sander Steffann <sander at steffann.nl>
> To: IPv6 Hackers Mailing List <ipv6hackers at lists.si6networks.com>
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> Sent: Friday, 12 July 2013 6:13 PM
> Subject: Re: [ipv6hackers] Best Network Tap - for home
> 
> Hi Mark,
> 
>>>  No, as all wires on 1000BaseT are used bidirectionally, and both end
>>>  systems actually negotiate which wires go where.
>> 
>>  IEEE 802.3-2008, Section 3:
>> 
>>  40.4.4 Automatic MDI/MDI-X Configuration
> 
> You keep talking about crossover cables and MDI/MDI-X, but the topic is creating 
> a *tap*. That has nothing to do with crossover cables and MDI/MDI-X but with how 
> to listen to traffic without affecting it. That cannot be done with a passive 
> tap for gigabit ethernet because of the reasons that Gert mentioned.
> 

Isn't your wired up thing a x-over, and you've just broken out the signals onto a 3rd passive port?

> Cheers,
> Sander
> 
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