It doesn't matter which interface is used for sensing and which for
monitoring as long as you use one for each.
Gary
On 4/4/07 7:48 PM, "zillah" <
forwardtruth@...> wrote:
>
>
>
>> The first thing you need to do is upgrade your sensor to version 5.1 or
>> 6.0.
>> You have 4.1 software, which is no longer supported. If you have
>> maintenance on your sensor, the upgrade is no charge. If you do not have
>> maintenance (called Services for IPS), then you'll need to take care of
>> that
>> first.
>>
> Thanks Gary, yes I am aware of that.
>
>
>
>
>> The 4215 sensor has only two interfaces, and you need one for command and
>> control. This is the interface that you'll assign an IP address to and
>> use
>> for management purposes.
>>
> Yes you are right .
> According to the specification in the table 5-2 (under IDS 4125, same as
> mine) from the link that I have posted for IDS 4125 , FastEthernet 0/1
> should be for sensing purposes,,,,,,,,,,my case since I am looking to
> monitor a traffic in the DMZ area, I should use Etherent 1 (not 0) for
> monitoring (sensing) , right now Ethernet 0 (not 1) was used, and I guess
> this is wrong ,,,,,,here was my query ?
>
>
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