Allied Telesis AT-S41 - Manual (Page 191)

AT-S41 User’s Guide
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Configuring Port Monitoring
To enable or disable port monitoring, perform the following procedure:
1. Click on the Advanced Config menu tab and select Port Monitoring
from the sub-menu.
The Port Monitoring Configuration page will appear, as displayed
in Figure 64.
Figure 64 Port Monitoring Configuration Page
2. To configure port monitoring, do the following:
a. Use the Monitoring Port pull-down menus to select the port to
function as the port monitor and the stack ID for that port.
b. Use the Port Being Monitored pull-down menus to select the port
whose traffic is to be monitored and the stack ID for that port.
c. Click the Apply button on the right-hand side of the page.
d. Select Enable from the Monitoring Status pull-down menu and
click the Apply button next to the Monitoring Status pull-down
menu.
Port monitoring is immediately activated on the switch. You can
now connect a data analyzer to the monitoring port to monitor
the traffic on the selected port.
3. To disable port monitoring, select Disable from the Monitoring Status
pull-down menu and click the Apply button.
The port monitor is disabled. The port that was functioning as the
monitor port can now be used for normal network operations.