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Conference netcad::hub_mgnt

Title:	DEChub/HUBwatch/PROBEwatch CONFERENCE
Notice:	Firmware -2, Doc -3, Power -4, HW kits -5, firm load -6&7
Moderator:	NETCAD::COLELLADT

Created:	Wed Nov 13 1991
Last Modified:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	4455
Total number of notes:	16761

2133.0. "DECpacketprobe 900??" by OPCO::NET_JPM () Wed Mar 22 1995 21:14


Is there such a beast as a DECpacketprobe 900 to monitor ethernet segments in a
DEChub 900 ?

With a packet probe 90 I have to send someone to site to change the segment that
is being monitored.

Thanks,
 John

T.R	Title	User	Personal Name	Date	Lines
2133.1		SLINK::HOOD	This is my new personal name for Notes	`Thu Mar 23 1995 13:26`	8
	There is a DECpacketprobe 900RR, but that is a TOKEN RING device. There is no max-sized packetprobe. What one of the people here did was to reserve the ThinWire for use with the packetprobe, and selectively switch the ThinWire to one of the flex channel Ethernets (using a repeater). In that way, he was able to probe any Ethernet channel using the 90 packetprobe.
2133.2	Ya gotta love it.	CGOS01::DMARLOWE	Wow! Reality, what a concept!	`Thu Mar 23 1995 23:50`	9
	Aw gee Tom, I was going to answer .0 but instead I ended up talking to a customer for 7 hours helping them get their network upgrade to a respectable $150K. The sacrifices one must make, sigh. dave PS. They also loved the idea of getting one P/P to switch thru the 6 Ethernets in the hub with just a click of the mouse. They have a dozen buildings all in a 1.5KM radius so it will save a lot of walking.