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For an anti-hacking project I need to get a network hub that can sniff packets - not a switch. A lot of products are calling themselves hubs, but are really switches. Can anyone recommend a true hub?

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Ebay or a local computer recycle shop.

Alan
+6  A: 

Many managed switches have the option of enabling a monitoring port which will be able to listen to all traffic.

Marc Charbonneau