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→What is the difference between the Monitor interfaces and the Management interfaces?
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==== What is the difference between the Monitor interfaces and the Management interfaces? ==== | ==== What is the difference between the Monitor interfaces and the Management interfaces? ==== | ||
The Monitor interfaces are used to passively analyze traffic and cannot be used for management functions | The Monitor interfaces are used to passively analyze traffic and cannot be used for management functions such as accessing | ||
the user interface. These interfaces do not generate any traffic apart from forwarding traffic received on the adjacent | the user interface. These interfaces do not generate any traffic apart from forwarding traffic received on the adjacent | ||
interface if configured to | interface if configured to Bridge mode. | ||
The Management interface | The Management interface on the other hand, is dedicated for management functions like accessing the user interface, | ||
downloading and uploading | downloading and uploading pcaps, streaming captured data to the device for analysis and so on. The Management | ||
interface actively participates in the network it is connected to. | interface actively participates in the network it is connected to. | ||