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Problems with Port Mirroring on a Dell Power Connect 3548

Asked by buenit10 in Networking Hardware, Network Analysis Software, Network Design & Methodology

Tags: Dell Power Connect 3548, Surf Control

Hello, I'm running into some difficulties configuring port mirroring on a Dell Power Connect 3548.  We are running surf control web filtering software on a file server that's running Windows Server 2003. I'm trying to use port mirroring so that all the traffic going to our gateway gets mirrored to the server and monitored (to avoid having to use a hub instead). I got the source port on the switch configured (the gateway, port 1) and the destination port configured (the Windows Server, port 2). There are two NIC's on the server, both plugged into our LAN. The one NIC I left as is and the other NIC is plugged into the mirrored port. I tried disabling the all the settings under the NIC properties and it doesn't show it's connected on the server, however on the switch it does. I unchecked Client for Microsoft Networks, File and Print Sharing for MS Networks, and TCP/IP. The only box I left checked in the NIC properties is the Surf Control Network Protocol Device Driver.

I was under the impression that  mirrored port cannot have a TCP/IP configuration, if so how does it connect to the switch? I even tried leaving TCP/IP check to see if DHCP negotiate anythign with the switch but it didn't(we're running an entirely static network). I also tried changing the port setting on the switch to 100 full no negotiation and made the settings the same on the NIC and no such luck. Like I said before, it shows it's connected on the switch but the server is showing no connection and nothing is being filtered by Surf Control. Am I missing something or doing something wrong? Thank you!
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