Mirror Settings - EnGenius EWS Series User Manual

Mirror Settings

Mirrors network traffic by forwarding copies of incoming and outgoing packets from specific ports to a
monitoring port. The packet that is copied to the monitoring port will be the same format as the original
packet.
Port mirroring is useful for network monitoring and can be used as a diagnostic tool. Use port mirroring
to send traffic to applications that analyze traffic for purposes such as monitoring compliance, detecting
intrusions, monitoring and predicting traffic patterns, and other correlating events. Port Mirroring is
needed for traffic analysis on a Switch because a Switch normally sends packets only to the port to which
the destination device is connected. The analyzer captures and evaluates the data without affecting the
client on the original port. Port mirroring can consume significant CPU resources while active, so be
cautious of such usage when configuring the Switch.
Session ID
Destination Port
Source TX/RX Port
Ingress State
Session State
A number identifying the mirror session. This Switch only supports up to 4
mirror sessions.
Select the port for traffic purposes from source ports mirrored to this port.
Sets the source port from which traffic will be mirrored.
TX Port: Only frames transmitted from this port are mirrored to the
destination port.
RX Port: Only frames received on this port are mirrored to the destination
port.
Both: Frames received and transmitted on this port are mirrored to the
specified destination port.
None: Disables mirroring for this port.
Select whether to enable or disable ingress traffic forwarding.
Select whether to enable or disable port mirroring.
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