"Smart" Hubs

[Dag-Erling Smørgrav]

Andrea Campi <andrea+freebsd_hackers at webcom.it> writes:
> Linksys is sort of well known for playing this trick: they call entry
> level switches "hub" and reserve "switch" for higher-level equipment.
> Which is fine for people who just have to check email and play Quake, but
> screws you to no end when you actually need a hub :-/

Just flood the switch's MAC table (by sending packets with fake
destination ethernet addresses) to force it into learning mode.

DES
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