Ethereal-users: [Ethereal-users] Specs for monitoring full 100 Mb line

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From: "Robert Casto" <robert@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 4 Mar 2003 11:26:52 -0500
I am trying to get specs together for a machine that will be able to
capture all the packets going over a 100 Mb Ethernet line. I will be
logging all the data to drives and then nightly when the line is slow,
take the captures and run Ethereal on them.

How much machine will I need to keep up with a busy 100 Mb line? Single
processor at 3.06 GHz, dual CPU? 15k RPM SCSI drives? Is there anywhere
I can go to help me figure out how fast the machine has to be?

Robert Casto 
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