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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mira.net.au!news.netspace.net.au!news.mel.connect.com.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!news.eng.convex.com!newshost.convex.com!newsgate.duke.edu!news.mathworks.com!www.nntp.primenet.com!nntp.primenet.com!ddsw1!news.mcs.net!news.abs.net!news.bconnex.net!news.ac.net!news.serv.net!not-for-mail From: zeno@serv.net (Sean T. Lamont) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: bpf config for tcpdump Date: 8 Oct 1996 22:50:31 -0700 Organization: ServNet Internet Services, Seattle, WA Lines: 20 Message-ID: <53fef7$khl@itchy.serv.net> References: <52gl4e$osr@sisscoe.sisnet.ssku.k12.ca.us> <52tq38$kl@infinity.ping.de> <538o0a$b9d@Symiserver2.symantec.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: itchy.serv.net In article <538o0a$b9d@Symiserver2.symantec.com>, <tedm@agora.rdrop.com> wrote: >As time passes this is getting less important. Modern hubs many times have >filtering that can be installed that will block traffic from ports not > intended for addresses on that port. Also, switching hubs block much > traffic as well. The latter and former statements are essentially the same. An ethernet switch only delivers packets destined for the MAC address[es] on the end of that piece of wire. Unfortunately, they're still pretty expensive. -- Sean T. Lamont, President / Chief NetNerd, Abstract Software, Inc. (ServNet) - Internet access * WWW hosting * TCP/IP * UNIX * NEXTSTEP * WWW Development - email: lamont@abstractsoft.com WWW: http://www.serv.net "...There's no moral, it's just a lot of stuff that happens". - H. Simpson