Chapter 17 Port Mirroring; Overview; Cli Examples - NETGEAR 7000 Series Administration Manual

This section describes the Port Mirroring feature.

Overview

Port Mirroring:
• Allows you to monitor network traffic with an external network analyzer
• Forwards a copy of each incoming and outgoing packet to a specific port
• Is used as a diagnostic tool, debugging feature or means of fending off attacks
• Assigns a specific port to copy all packets to
• Allows inbound or outbound packets to switch to their destination and to be copied to the
mirrored port

CLI Examples

The following are examples of the commands used in the Port Mirroring feature.

Chapter 17 Port Mirroring

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