From: jasen@xnet.co.nz   
      
   On 2010-01-17, Dave  wrote:   
   > I think this guy doens't want to 'handshake', just sniff so he wont need   
   > full duplex...   
   > Remember iso layer 1, the physical layer.  Its just bits, 1s and 0s.   
   > You can't stop the flow or hinder the flow of data.  You can 'repeat' the   
   > data which is very simple.   
      
   if both ends are sending at the same time you need to either hardware   
   that can 'store and forward' packets, force the system to use half   
   duplex mode (eg, by using a hub instead of a switch), or run two ethernet   
   interfaces to listen.   
      
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