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Edimax Technology Edimax 24 10/100TX + 2 10/100/1000T/Mini-GBIC Combo Web Smart Switch ES-5226RS User Manual

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Port Mirroring

The Port mirroring is a method for monitoring traffic in switched networks. That

Traffic through ports can be monitored by any of the ports means traffic goes in or

out monitored (source) ports will be duplicated into mirroring (destination) port.

Port Mirroring interface

„ Dest Port: Tick the check boxes beneath the port number label to be the

destination (mirroring) port for monitoring Rx only, Tx only or both RX and TX

traffic which come from the source port. Users can connect the mirroring port

to LAN analyzer or Netxray.

„ Monitored Pckets: Pull down the selection menu to choose what kind of

packet is to be monitored.

„ Source Port: The ports that the user wants to monitor. All monitored port

traffic will be copied to mirroring (destination) port. Users can select multiple

source ports by ticking the check boxes beneath the port number label to be

monitored.

„ And then, click

Update

to have the configuration take effect.