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Re: Hardware capture platforms

  • From: Lynda
  • Date: Wed Jul 30 14:50:30 2008

Warren Kumari wrote:


On Jul 29, 2008, at 10:43 PM, Darryl Dunkin wrote:


Hubs sure are fun...

This might be a stupid question, but where can one get small hubs these days? All of the common commodity (eg: 4 port Netgear) "hubs" these days are actually switches.

True enough. For those of us who need and want something non-switched, eBay and other used hardware places are the only real option.


What I am looking for is: Small enough to live in my notebook bag
(e.g.: 4 port with a wall wart.) Cheap Simple 10/100/1000Mbps

I don't believe that such a thing ever existed. Hubs that did 10/100, certainly, but I've never ever seen a hub that did gig speeds. When I realized hubs were about to be an endangered species, I started purchasing new and used. I have at least two that (other than testing) have never been used.


While a tap would work, I'd prefer a hub because I can then use it to connect machines together in a pinch.

The original poster needed to deploy a tap, and a hub (for him) would defeat the purpose entirely. If you really really need a hub (or two), your best bet is to start looking at various resellers. Pity you're not closer; I'm retired, and no longer really need the six or eight that I still have.


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