[NTLUG:Discuss] Solutions for a 'Transparent Bridge'

[David Stanaway]

There would be no ability to terminate the connections that don't meet 
your permissive criteria. (Unless you do some RST spoofing).

David Simmons wrote:
> Jay - so what you're suggesting is not really a 'transparent bridge' -
> this is like one of those red-light/traffic cameras that watch all of the
> 'traffic' on a road go by (by being a promiscuous connection on an old
> style hub that all packets get shared on)?
>
> Hmmm....neat
> approach.
>
> or did I get it wrong and there is a 'transparent
> bridge' mode?
>
> -dave
>
>   
>> wireshark+10/100mb
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> HUB=solution.
>   
>> David Simmons wrote:
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>>>
>>> Anyone out there running a
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> transparent bridge and care to
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>>> share
>>> their
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> hardware/software setup with me?
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>>> What I
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> want
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>>> to do is be able to log/watch ALL TCP/IP traffic coming
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> from my internet
>   
>>> connect to my network....would prefer
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> sometype of aggregated log
>   
>>> summaries.
>>>
>>> Thanks in advance,
>>>
>>> dave
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