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Address Tracking Information
The Address Tracking Information Menu provides per port based node
tracking capability (MAC address based). This capability provides the
basic traffic analysis function to diagnose network problems, such as
Intrusion. The node tracking function records the source MAC of each
data packet and provides the filters for data analysis.
Address Tracking Menu
Source Address
Changes:
This counter is incremented by one
for each time that the Last Source Address for this port changes.
This may indicate whether a link is connected to a single device
or another multi-user segment. The approximate minimum time
for roll-over of this counter is 81 hours.
Last Source Address: Indicates the Source MAC Address of the
last readable frame received by this port. If this port has
received no frames since the hub began monitoring the port
activity, a null string displays.
Source MAC Address T racking List: A list of source MAC
addresses that were recently received on this port. The first