Ethereal-dev: [Ethereal-dev] Re: [tcpdump-workers] Homemade ethertap (100 Mbps full duplex)

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From: "Mr. Man" <mrman@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 8 Dec 2000 13:51:14 -0600 (CST)
On Fri, 8 Dec 2000, Peter Lund wrote:

> Hi everyone :)
> 
> Me and a coworker recently thought up and built this ethertap.  Anybody care to
> comment?
> Anybody tried something similar?
> 
> Last but not least: anybody care to tell what their experience with the
> commercial 100 Mbps full-duplex taps is?  (we are probably going to buy a couple
> from NetOptics anyway -- at 600$ each!)

I've had great luck with the Century 100Mbps taps.  My only problem with
them is that they are ackwardly shaped and don't fit well in a rack
environment.  The Netoptics have a 1U mounting bracket that holds 3 taps
with the longest sides horizontally, and a 3U bracket that holds a dozen
vertically.

--
Joseph