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jeh1138
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Nov 16, 2020
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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 ...
  • schumaku's avatar
    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...

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