Fwd: Re: Linksys router...

[Brian Johnson]

What is your argus command?  I'm ready to punt this out the window.  Perhaps my "hub" isn't such a hub after all.  I'm still only seeing some traffic, not all, after putting a hub in place of the switch.  

-Brian

r.fulton at auckland.ac.nz wrote:
>From: Russell Fulton <r.fulton at auckland.ac.nz>
>Date: Tue, 21 Dec 2004 09:02:26 +1300
>Subject: Re: [ARGUS] Linksys router...
>To: blj at thermoanalytics.com
>Cc: argus-info at lists.andrew.cmu.edu
>
>On Mon, 2004-12-20 at 14:48 -0500, Brian Johnson wrote:
>> eric-list-argus at catastrophe.net wrote:
>> >On Mon, 2004-12-20 at 13:32:41 -0500, Brian Johnson proclaimed...
>> >
>> >So your problem is with the device filtering traffic and not argus,
>> >apparently. You should make your linux box into a bridge and put it
>> >between two machines; but the linksys device is prolly a switch and doesn't
>> >flood out all ports.
>> 
>> That being the case, could I not then just use a hub instead of a switch between the cable modem & router?  
>> 
>yes, that's what I do.  I have ended up with two routers one with an
>adsl modem and one with a switch.  I use the one with the modem on the
>outside (obviously) then I have a hub to which my the other router (with
>wlan and lan switch) and my monitor connect.  I have disabled the
>firewall on the outer router and set up the one on the inner one.
>
>                                              Y
>                                              |
>ISP ---- MODEM/ROUTER --- HUB --------------WLAN/LAN SWITCH/ROUTER
>     DSL                   |     ethernet         |    |   |    |
>                           |                      |    |   |    |
>                        MONITOR                       HOSTS......
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Brian Johnson
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ThermoAnalytics, Inc.
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