if you're using cisco switches it's pretty simple to set up, although i don't have one in front of me so i can't give you steps. you just need to console into the switch and from there on it's pretty menu-driven. AFAIK unmanaged switches (read: cheap switches) don't support any kind of port replication although i have heard that you can overload the arp cache on some and get them to default into hub mode. On Tue, 12 Oct 2004 07:39:39 -0500, Brian Wall <kc0iog at gmail.com> wrote: > I have a box set up with Ethereal. I need to monitor traffic on a > network segement to find a chatty box (or several for all I know). As > luck would have it, the entire segment is a series of switches, so > Ethereal doesn't tell me much when I plug it in. I heard a rumor that > I need to turn on something called "port replication" that steals all > the traffic on a given segment and pumps it all to one port so > Ethereal gives me some real stats. Anyone have a HOWTO or some basic > tips for doing such a thing? > > Thanks! > > -Brian > > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > Help beta test TCLUG's potential new home: http://plone.mn-linux.org > Got pictures for TCLUG? Beta test http://plone.mn-linux.org/gallery > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota Help beta test TCLUG's potential new home: http://plone.mn-linux.org Got pictures for TCLUG? Beta test http://plone.mn-linux.org/gallery tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list