the lazy mans HW research

[cra at WPI.EDU (Chuck Anderson)]

On Wed, Sep 29, 2010 at 09:47:41PM +0000, bmanning at vacation.karoshi.com wrote:
> 	i find myself in need of a multiport (8-16) 1 Gig ethernet HUB.
> 
> 	or a switch smart enough to do transparant port mirroring to at least
> 	four ports.
> 
> 	some kind soul pointed me here, http://www.dlink.com/products/?pid=337
> 	but its not clear if this will actually perform as desired.

I was recently pointed at this:

http://www.dual-comm.com/gigabit_port-mirroring-LAN_switch.htm

Haven't ordered one to try yet, but it looks very useful for 
troubleshooting GigE and PoE links, alas only 5 ports a 1 mirror.