I logged into the cisco site and looked up the bug by the ID I was given ...
**SNIP** CSCdv16851 Bug Details Headline Port Monitor only works for egress traffic Product cat3500xl Model c3512-xl-a Component firmware Duplicate of Severity 3 Status Unreproducible First Found-in Version 12.0(5.2)XU First Fixed-in Version Version help Release Notes Under some configurations, a 3500xl switch will only span egress traffic. **SNIP** Boy that was useful huh? (Thanks Cisco) Mike -----Original Message----- From: Guy Harris [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, September 26, 2003 3:48 PM To: Mike Kelley Cc: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: Re: [Ethereal-users] mirrored/monitored/SPAN'd port not working On Sep 25, 2003, at 9:34 AM, Mike Kelley wrote: > Turns out my problem was related to a bug in the cisco IOS version. We > upgraded the IOS on the switch and I can now see traffic other than > broadcast traffic. > > The bug was on IOS 12.0(5.2)XU > And we upgraded to IOS 12.0(5)WC8 > On a 3500XL series switch Do you have a URL for information on that bug, or other information on the bug that can be made public? If so, it might be a good idea for us to put that information in the FAQ for capturing on switched networks.
