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jeh1138
Nov 16, 2020Aspirant
Port Mirroring Disables Network Access on Probe
My goal is to set up a network monitoring device on port g3 (probe port). Port g1 is my uplink to the router/DHCP server. I installed a laptop on port g3 and everything is fine in normal switching ...
- Nov 16, 2020
Absolutely industry standard. A mirror port does only give you access to the mirrored data for promiscuous mode sniffing, recording, whatever. No way to distinguish between miror data and communication otherwise...
schumaku
Nov 16, 2020Guru - Experienced User
Absolutely industry standard. A mirror port does only give you access to the mirrored data for promiscuous mode sniffing, recording, whatever. No way to distinguish between miror data and communication otherwise...
jeh1138
Nov 16, 2020Aspirant
Awesome! Thank you for the quick response. I haven't had much experience with mirroring. I appreciate your help.
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