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D-Link DES-3250TG User Manual

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D-Link DES-3250TG Standalone Layer 2 Switch

Figure 7- 8. Setup Port Mirroring window

The target port is where information will be duplicated and sent for capture and network analysis. A network analyzer would
be attached to this port to capture packets duplicated from the source port.

It should be noted that a faster port (a 1000 Mbps Gigabit Ethernet port, for example) should not be mirrored to a slower port
(one of the 48 100 Mbps Fast Ethernet ports), because many packets will be dropped.

The following fields can be set:

Parameter

Description

Source Port

Allows multiple ports to be mirrored. These
ports are the sources of the packets to be
duplicated and forwarded to the Target port.

None

Selecting this option prevents any packets
from either being received or transmitted.

Ingress

Selecting this option mirrors only received
packets.

Egress

Selecting this option mirrors only transmitted
packets.

Both

Selecting this option mirrors both received
and transmitted packets.

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