<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=iso-8859-1"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">We cannot touch their network, for one, and I'm not buying managed switches and sending them out with my field technicians.<div><br></div><div><br><div><div>On Sep 13, 2013, at 11:43 AM, "Andrew S. Zbikowski" <<a href="mailto:andyzib@gmail.com">andyzib@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr">Possibly dumb question...buy why not configure a mirror port on your switch(es) to dump all traffic for specific switch ports the port your packet sniffer is on? A good managed switch is able to do this, though terminology varies from vendor to vendor. <div>
<br></div><div>Need to justify good managed switches? Demonstrate that a user can plug a network cable into two live network jacks and take down the network. ;-)</div><div><br></div><div><div>--</div><div>Andrew Zbikowski</div>
<div><a href="http://andy.zibnet.us/">http://andy.zibnet.us/</a></div><div>Bah-weep-Graaaaagnah wheep mini bon. </div></div></div>
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