Keysight Technologies, Inc.
Methods, systems, and computer readable media for automatic configuration and control of remote inline network monitoring probe

Abstract:

A method for automatic configuration and control of a remote inline network monitoring probe includes receiving packets from a router or firewall associated with a network being monitored by the inline network monitoring probe. A source medium access control (MAC) and a source IP address are extracted from a first packet of the packets received from the router or firewall. The method further includes storing the source IP address and the source MAC address in memory of the inline network monitoring probe. The method further includes changing a MAC address of the inline network monitoring probe to the source MAC address. The method includes assigning the source IP address to the inline network monitoring probe. The method further includes using the source MAC address and the source IP address to communicate with a remote network monitoring control center.