Problems working thru "Using Triple-Speed Ethernet on DE2-115 Boards"

Yes, I used a Netgear GS108E 8port switch. Others should work as well. I connected the two ports of the board to ports 7&8 of the switch with a laptop connected to port 1. I set Wireshark to capture everything and it worked first try. You are on your own getting the OS/Ethernet configured on the laptop side.

Since the example 'sends' to the broadcast, a properly configured switch (and board) will send TWO identical frames, one from each port (look at the Verilog and the TSE example documentation to see why this happens and how to stop it if you desire) to a machine that is listening on any port of the switch. A hub, if you can find one, would work regarless of what MAC you sent to. The GS108E has a port monitor feature, but you don't need it. (I just used the default GS108E factory settings)