[mrtg] Re: Any ethernet switch which always floods?

Larry Sheldon lsheldon at creighton.edu
Tue Oct 16 23:46:44 MEST 2001


> Please excuse the not-obviously-related-to MRTG question here. Does anyone
> know of an 10/100 half/full Ethernet SWITCH (not hub) which can be
> configured NOT to learn which ports addresses live on, so that it ALWAYS
> floods whatever packets it receives to ALL ports?

I hate to sound argumentative, but you are describing a "hub".

A "switch" is a multi-port bridge, and the defining characteristic is the
business of learning what needs to go where.

What it the problem you need to solve?

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