[Pauldotcom] WRT54G Mirror Port

[Nicholas B.]

I agree... I have a number of WRT54G/GS/GL units and they aren't even
able to approach the 100Mbit provided across two interfaces when
operating as a switch and they really start the slow down when you hit
them with more connected devices... much less replicating the traffic
to another port.

On Thu, Jan 14, 2010 at 3:46 PM, Paul Asadoorian <paul at pauldotcom.com> wrote:
> Sure, that works too.  However, its done in software so I would be
> cautious how much traffic you pass through it before you start getting
> drops.
>
> Cheers,
> Paul
>
> On 1/14/10 8:27 AM, Robin Wood wrote:
>> 2010/1/14 Paul Asadoorian <paul at pauldotcom.com>:
>>> From all the research that I did on the WRT54G (and similar hardware
>>> like the ASUS) this was not possible.  I believe that I read somewhere
>>> that it was possible on some of the hardware, but that the drivers did
>>> not support it.
>>>
>>> If you find that it does, let us know!
>>
>> The way I did it was to bridge the appropriate ports together then use
>> Daemonlogger from Marty Roche to clone all the traffic off the bridge
>> and onto an unused port. Works fine.
>>
>> Robin
>>
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>> paul
>>>
>>> On 1/13/10 7:39 PM, Cody Dumont wrote:
>>>> Can you setup a mirror or SPAN-Port using a OpenWRT on the ASUS or WRT54G?
>>>>
>>>> thanks all..
>>>>
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