Chapter 2
Reporting and Mitigation Devices Overview
Configuring Layer 3 Topology Discovery
For the MARS to reach full operability, you must specify its community strings and select the networks
that you want to discover. Once the appliance discovers these networks, you get a more accurate view of
MAC addresses, end-point lookup (attack paths), and network topology. Topology discovery enables
operation level three, see
See
Remember to activate additions and changes to your community strings and valid networks by clicking
Note
Activate.
Add a Community String for a Network
To add a community string for a network IP, follow these steps:
To open the Community Strings and Networks page, click Admin > Community Strings and
Step 1
Networks.
Click the Network IP radio button.
Step 2
Enter the Community String, Network IP address, and Mask.
Step 3
Click Add.
Step 4
Repeat
Step 5
Click Submit to commit these additions.
Step 6
Add a Community String for an IP Range
To add a community string for an IP range, follow these steps:
To open the Community Strings and Networks page, click Admin > Community Strings and
Step 1
Networks.
Click the IP Range radio button.
Step 2
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Figure 17-13 on page 17-7
Step 2
through
Step 4
for all the community strings that you want to add.
for more information.
for a view of the topologies.
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