eqmule
03-16-2006, 11:02 AM
ok, the background first,
I wanted to have a true gigabit lan at my house, so buying a 100mbit hub was out of the question, and I did try to find a gigabit one, but its difficult if not impossible, and since the drawback with a hub is possible packet collisions, that would be a bad option anyway.
Now, I know you can route all trafic from the eq machine through the linux box, as a workaround, but I dont like that idea either, so I came up with a different solution to this, which involves no changes back and forth everytime I wanna play eq.
If you are poor, stop reading now, cause my solution is not as cheap as setting up and routing through linux, but if you want a REALLY good solution, here goes:
1. Buy a D-Link DGS-1216T Switch. (or equvalent, but thats the one I got, and it works)
2. Configure the switch to use port mirroring with for example port 13 as source and 14 as destination.
3. Plug in your eq machine in port 13 and the linuxbox in 14.
You are done...
The "secret" to this working, is the feature called "Port Mirroring"
and ANY switch with this feature, will make showeq work like a charm.
I bought mine for about 250 usd.
If you need a switch anyway, Im sure most people do, then why not spend an extra few bucks on one that is manageble?
It has alot of other features as well, that I wont use, but its automatic enough to take care of buisness in my homenetwork, which is what matters, setup was 1 minute, I had eq running when I replaced my old 8 port netgear gs108, with this monster, and I didnt even get disconnected!
So, if you are like me, you want a good gigabit switch, AND you want showeq to be able to sniff packets, get a port mirroring one, and you are all set. :cool:
I wanted to have a true gigabit lan at my house, so buying a 100mbit hub was out of the question, and I did try to find a gigabit one, but its difficult if not impossible, and since the drawback with a hub is possible packet collisions, that would be a bad option anyway.
Now, I know you can route all trafic from the eq machine through the linux box, as a workaround, but I dont like that idea either, so I came up with a different solution to this, which involves no changes back and forth everytime I wanna play eq.
If you are poor, stop reading now, cause my solution is not as cheap as setting up and routing through linux, but if you want a REALLY good solution, here goes:
1. Buy a D-Link DGS-1216T Switch. (or equvalent, but thats the one I got, and it works)
2. Configure the switch to use port mirroring with for example port 13 as source and 14 as destination.
3. Plug in your eq machine in port 13 and the linuxbox in 14.
You are done...
The "secret" to this working, is the feature called "Port Mirroring"
and ANY switch with this feature, will make showeq work like a charm.
I bought mine for about 250 usd.
If you need a switch anyway, Im sure most people do, then why not spend an extra few bucks on one that is manageble?
It has alot of other features as well, that I wont use, but its automatic enough to take care of buisness in my homenetwork, which is what matters, setup was 1 minute, I had eq running when I replaced my old 8 port netgear gs108, with this monster, and I didnt even get disconnected!
So, if you are like me, you want a good gigabit switch, AND you want showeq to be able to sniff packets, get a port mirroring one, and you are all set. :cool: