Port mirroring Cisco switches

To mirror a port i.e. pass traffic to another port so that it can be analised is different per Cisco switch but the basis is

Create a monitoring group

Tell one or more of the ports that it is the source

Tell one port that it is the destination.

Becareful here as this can increase load on the switch.

The command are as follows:

Cisco 2950

monitor session 1 source interface x/x both
monitor session 1 destination interface x/x

This puts the switch into monitoring mode, you can have more than 1 session also

To show what is being monitored

show monitor

To stop monitoring of 1 session or turn off completley

no monitor session x

no monitor