PLANET WGSW-2620HP - Manual (Page 64)

User’s Manual of WGSW-2620HP
Figure 4-3-6: Port Sniffer Interface Screenshot
The page includes the following fields:
Object Description
Sniffer Type:
Select a sniffer mode:
• Disable
• Rx
• Tx
• Both
Analysis (Monitoring) Port:
It’ means Analysis port can be used to see the traffic on another port you want to
monitor. You can connect Analysis port to LAN analyzer or netxray.
Monitor Port:
The port you want to monitor. The monitor port traffic will be copied to Analysis
port. You can select one monitor ports in the switch. User can choose which port
that they want to monitor in only one sniffer type.
1 When the Mirror Mode set to RX or TX and the Analysis Port be selected, the packets
to and from the Analysis Port will not be transmitted. The Analysis Port will accept only
COPPIED packets from the Monitored Port.
2 If you want to disable the function, you must select monitor port to none.
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