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To analyze the network communication it is often necessary to record network traffic at a switch port. This can be implemented via a port mirroring on managed switches. By In doing this so the network traffic is mirrored from one or multiple switch ports to another switch port where a network participant records the traffic for later analysis.
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- Port to mirror to: Select the destination port in the dropdownmenu select. A computer has to be connected to this port which captures the data trffic traffic for later analysis.
- Port: Select one or multiple source ports whose data traffic is to be forwarded to the destination port and set the Mode to Enabled. In doing so all data traffic is forwarded to the destination port.
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If the port mirror isn't needed anymore, it has to be deactivated:
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