From: Petr.Kazil@eap.nl
Date: Wed Nov 29 2006 - 08:51:59 EST
I've improvised a solution that's both small, cheap and easy to implement.
At home I had a spare Speedtouch 546 ADSL modem, which I bought for 70
euro or so.
Using telnet I accessed the command line interface and set it up like
this:
1) Disable in-built DHCP server
2) Enable DHCP relaying and point it to our DHCP server
3) Enable port mirroring from port 1 to port 4
Now I'm running the modem as an Ethernet switch:
LAN is on port 1
MY PC is on port 3
SNIFFER is on port 4
It seems to work fine, all office-applications work (IE, Lotus Notes) and
I can even run portscans through it.
Maybe it's blocking some traffic, but I haven't seen any obvious drops
yet.
I'm no expert at this, so:
1) Anyone has any experience with abusing modems as programmable hubs?
2) Could I avoid pointing it to a specific DHCP server, so that it would
become purely "plug&play"?
3) Could it be that the set-up is not as transparent as I think it is?
The manual for the command line can be found here:
http://www.speedtouch.nl/docs/CLIguide_5x6_527.pdf
Not all ADSL modems have this functionality.
My Netgear modem doesn't seem to have a command line interface.
Greetings, Petr
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