Port Mirroring

The Port mirroring is a method for monitoring traffic in switched networks. That Traffic through ports can be monitored by any of the ports means traffic goes in or out monitored (source) ports will be duplicated into mirroring (destination) port.

Port Mirroring interface

„Dest Port: Tick the check boxes beneath the port number label to be the destination (mirroring) port for monitoring Rx only, Tx only or both RX and TX traffic which come from the source port. Users can connect the mirroring port to LAN analyzer or Netxray.

„Monitored Pckets: Pull down the selection menu to choose what kind of packet is to be monitored.

„Source Port: The ports that the user wants to monitor. All monitored port traffic will be copied to mirroring (destination) port. Users can select multiple source ports by ticking the check boxes beneath the port number label to be monitored.

„And then, click

Update to have the configuration take effect.

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Edimax Technology ES-5226RS manual Port Mirroring