From: Peter Van Oene (vantech@xxxxxxxxxxxx)
Date: Mon Dec 13 1999 - 23:04:08 GMT-3
You will only see properly formatted packets. But keep in mind, the sniffer
is not a cable tester and if your looking for CRC's, you just spent way to
much coin.
Peter Van Oene
Senior Systems Engineer
UNIS LUMIN Inc.
www.unislumin.com
----- Original Message -----
From: Rahmlow, Howard F. <howard.rahmlow@unisys.com>
To: <ccielab@groupstudy.com>
Sent: Tuesday, December 14, 1999 11:45 AM
Subject: Span Command on Cat5000
> This question came up while working on a CAT 5000 today, in the LAB, and a
> sniffer.
>
> If while using a sniffer on a CAT 5000, I use the span command to see the
> traffic on one port. Will I see "bad packets" The 5000, is a store and
> foward switch. Will it not drop "bad packets" before sending them to the
> spanned port?
>
> Thanks, Howard
>
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