4 Port 1000 MB "Hub"

Is there anyone that is aware of a low cost 4 port 10/100/1000 MB hub
that is available? There seems to be a lot of switches around but not
any hubs. I am looking for something I can easily insert in an Ethernet
network to look at traffic on a given segment of the the network. I
currently use a Netgear DS104 for that purpose but that is only 10/100.

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> Is there anyone that is aware of a low cost 4 port 10/100/1000 MB hub
> that is available? There seems to be a lot of switches around but not
> any hubs. I am looking for something I can easily insert in an Ethernet
> network to look at traffic on a given segment of the the network. I
> currently use a Netgear DS104 for that purpose but that is only 10/100.

No such animal as a Gbit capable hub (all 8 wires are used for a Gbit
connection). In fact, you'll be hard pressed to find a 10/100 hub other
than in a museum or someone's junk box these days.

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On Tue, 24 Nov 2009 16:02:50 -0500, nospam wrote:


>> No such animal as a Gbit capable hub (all 8 wires are used for a Gbit
>> connection). In fact, you'll be hard pressed to find a 10/100 hub other
>> than in a museum or someone's junk box these days.
>>
>>
> I was afraid of that. Is there any alternative, other than Linux with
> two NICs and iptables? Is there such a thing as 4 port 10/100/1000
> that has one port that can mirror? You would think I am not the only
> one looking for such an animal for portable use and that others might
> already doing this somehow.

The portability is the problem. A managed hub can usually be configured
to treat two ports as the same LAN segment (aka act as hub)