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[Kurt Jaeger]

Hi!

> > to a 100base switch. The reason I used the 10base HUB is 
> > because it broadcasts all the data to all the ports. So for 
> > all data to and from the firewall will be caught by the 
> > Monitoring BSD box. I hope this makes sense.
> 
> That is an _extremely_ bad idea. Hubs have major collisions,

Yes, but he only has a 256 kbit uplink. Therefore, that's OK.

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