How can I use Colasoft Capsa to analyze traffic on other switch ports if our network is tied together with a switch?
Unlike hubs, switches prevent promiscuous sniffing. In a switched network environment, Colasoft Capsa (or any other packet analyzer) is limited to capturing broadcast and multicast packets and the traffic sent or received by the PC on which Colasoft Capsa is running. However, most modern switches support “port mirroring”, which is a feature that allows you to configure the switch to redirect the traffic that occurs on some or all ports to a designated monitoring port on the switch. By using this feature, you will able to monitor the entire LAN segment. Please refer to the documentation that comes with your switch for information on availability of this feature and configuration instructions. If your switch does not support “port mirroring”, you can install Colasoft Capsa on your Internet gateway (if applicable), or on a workstation connected to the same hub as your Internet gateway. In this way, you can monitor all network traffic between your Intranet and the Internet. Various network
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