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neeeewbie's avatar
neeeewbie
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Sep 26, 2019

No traffic flowing when running tcpdump

Hello!!! I need your help!   When setting interface mirror, I want to check the traffic to the mirror port. When using tcpdump -nei 1.1, no traffic flows to the mirror port. If you turn off tcpd...
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neeeewbie
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Thanks!

How do I check a packet without using the tcpdump command?

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Anjuli_Lam
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Oct 23, 2019

You should use an external capture device attached to the network interface to analyze (sniff) traffic that is mirrored to the interface. Hope that helps!