Jeffrey L. Taylor wrote:
I'm not clear what you are objecting to. I am using a cheap hub. And I emphatically do not want a full duplex connection. I bought only one IP address from my ISP. In fact, by running a NAT router with a half dozen computers behind it, I am probably violating my AUP. I sure don't want to attract attention by grabbing two IP addresses.
I guess I misread on the first time through. In another note, quite a while ago, someone provided info on shutting down transmitting some info from an ethernet port, which worked fine with SuSE 9.0, but doesn't seem to be necessary with 9.1. I'll have to dig up the details sometime. I suppose it might also be possible to rig up a Linux box, with 2 NICs, as a bridge and monitor the traffic passing through. Incidentally, many years ago, I used to use data monitors for the old serial current loop circuits, which had dual UARTs, configured to receive only. It was interesting to watch the traffic that way.