I ask: On Wed, Sep 29, 2010 at 5:47 PM, <bmanning@vacation.karoshi.com> wrote:

i find myself in need of a multiport (8-16) 1 Gig ethernet HUB. or a switch smart enough to do transparant port mirroring to at least four ports.

and the following suggestions were made: http://www.datacomsystems.com/products/details.asp?prod=5&itm=1&cat=3 http://www.dual-comm.com/gigabit_port-mirroring-LAN_switch.htm http://www.netoptics.com/products/product_family_details.asp?cid=1&pid=54&Section=products&menuitem=1 ftp://ftp2.zyxel.com/GS-1524/user_guide/GS-1524_1.12_Ed2.pdf Of these, it looks like the datacomsystems.com tap will be a good fit. --bill