GE DS-82 - Manual (Page 66)

Chapter 4: Web-Based Management
62 GE-DS-82 and 82-PoE Ethernet Managed Switch User Manual
Figure 45: Port Sniffer interface
This 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.
Monitored Port
The port you want to monitor. The monitor port traffic will be copied to
the Analysis port. You can select one monitor per ports in the switch.
User can choose which port that they want to monitor in only one
sniffer type.
NOTE: When the Mirror Mode set to RX or TX and the Analysis Port is selected, the
packets to and from the Analysis Port will not be transmitted. The Analysis Port will
accept only COPIED packets from the Monitored Port.
If you want to disable the function, you must select the monitor port to none.