[wellylug] HUB

[Tony Booth]

On 13 November at 11.10am, Andrej Ricnik [mailto:andrej at paradise.net.nz]
wrote:

> Hi guys,
> 
>And sorry for the intrusion: I need to do some bandwidth/traffic 
> measuring and for this purpose would like to borrow/buy a cheap 
> and nasty hub... 4 or 5 ports would be great! All the shops in 
> Wlgt/LH that I visited/called don't stock hubs, only switches 
> ... a bit pointless for me, though, I didn't want to record ARP 
> requests but measure traffic sizes and source/destination info :)
> 
> And no, I'm not allowed to set-up a Linux router 
> for this purpose ... :) that's why I need a hub.

This page might help:
http://www.quay.co.nz/components/faxmodem.htm

Despite the name (faxmodems), there are several hubs on the page, one
for only $45.  I am assuming they are actually hubs and not switches.
Quay has a shop on the corner of Lambton Quay and Bowen St, and I think
they have a warehouse-type operation in the Hutt.

Cheers
Tony