Nice!
Thanks for the quick and helpful reply.
Kent
On Wed, Jan 21, 2009 at 2:21 PM, Steve Bertrand <steve@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Kent Tenney wrote:
>> Howdy,
>>
>> I currently carry a hub and laptop with Wireshark for troubleshooting devices.
>>
>> I sometimes wish I could just inline my laptop using the builtin ethernet jack
>> and a usb->ethernet, sniffing on the way through.
>>
>> Is this a feasible setup?
>
> Yes. You will want to ensure that your laptop, and USB to Ethernet
> adaptor can handle the traffic load you are trying to pass through it.
> ie, if you are bridging a link that normally carries 300Mbps over a NIC
> capable of 100Mbps, you will cause problems.
>
> Based on the fact you normally implement a hub, I suspect that the above
> won't apply.
>
>> If so, what do you call it,
>
> Ethernet bridging.
>
>> any pointers to resources
>> to help learn how to configure it?
>
> Go to google.ca, and type in the following:
>
> ethernet bridge howto os
>
> ...where 'os' == your Operating System.
>
> Steve
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