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HP Procurve 4000M - Port Sniffing

Hi,

I want to monitor my network activity, mostly chats and http browsing, as well as dns requests.

I did put a syslog on my firewall so now I can monitor my dns requests (I have a netscreen 10 firewall .. . .. i know it sucks but i am new here so I have to do with it)

Now I want to do port sniffing but my HP Procurve 4000M switches does not allow me to.

As I said I am new here so I do no thave the passwords to access the switches and no one has them since no one touched them since installation, which was way back.

How do I enable port sniffing on my network without jeopardizing my stability and integrity.

Thanks !

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Will I lose data or will it shutdown the network for a few seconds to clear the passwords ?

Also, I have two of them, so do I need to do a clear on both ?

How do I connect through web interface .. .. I do not have the Switch's IP.

THANKS !

kain21

You would need to clear the passwords on both of the Procurves... to access the web interface you would need to use a console cable to connect to the switch through a serial port on a laptop using a terminal program... from there you can find the ip settings on the switch and change them if necessary.. here's the link to the manual for it...

ftp://ftp.hp.com/pub/networking/software/59692320.pdf

oh.. and you wouldn't lose any connectivity while clearing the password...