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What Is Port Mirroring and Why Is It Useful Fully Explained

Port mirroring is a technique for capturing network traffic without additional hardware by leveraging existing switches. It works by having the switch forward copies of passing traffic to a monitoring port. This allows all network traffic to be duplicated and sent to a monitoring/analysis tool. The article discusses how port mirroring works with both hubs and switches, and how to set it up on different Cisco switch models using Switch Port Analyzer (SPAN) modes to monitor traffic on a network.

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What Is Port Mirroring and Why Is It Useful Fully Explained

Port mirroring is a technique for capturing network traffic without additional hardware by leveraging existing switches. It works by having the switch forward copies of passing traffic to a monitoring port. This allows all network traffic to be duplicated and sent to a monitoring/analysis tool. The article discusses how port mirroring works with both hubs and switches, and how to set it up on different Cisco switch models using Switch Port Analyzer (SPAN) modes to monitor traffic on a network.

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STEPHEN COOPER
@VPN_News UPDATED: March 20, 2023
You can capture packets without buying any special
equipment because your switch can forward copies of
passing traffic. This process is called port mirroring. Find
out what it is and how to implement it.
WHAT'S IN
THIS
ARTICLE?

Switch traffic
processing

What is port
mirroring?
Modern network monitoring software
Switches and
includes sophisticated tools, such as
hubs
graphical representations and analytical
Port mirroring
tools. However, there will be times when with a hub
you will need to go back to the nuts and Port mirroring
bolts analysis techniques of capturing with a switch
packets as they travel around the network. Duplicating all
Port mirroring is a packet capture network traffic
technique. About Cisco
SPAN switches
Packet capture requires a hardware Cisco SPAN
element, which is called a TAP (test modes
access point). Fortunately, you already Cisco SPAN
have hardware that channels all of your availability

network traffic: switches and hubs. You Set up SPAN on


IOS switches
can harness the capabilities of these
devices to eliminate the need to buy a Set up SPAN on
CatOS switches
separate inline sensor or traffic splitter.
Set up SPAN on
 The technique of using your network
Catalyst Express
equipment to capture traffic is called “port 500 and Catalyst
mirroring.” This guide will give you all of Express 520
switches
the information you need to implement
port mirroring on your network. Captured packet
processing

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