Monitoring by mac addresses solutions

Introduction

"By mac address" monitoring mode is very helpful in a DHCP network. For a single-segment network, you can use "by mac address" monitoring mode directly.

However, in a multiple-segments network, you can not use "by mac address" mode unless "Mac address collector" is deployed. This topic discusses how to deploy "mac address collector" in your network.

Solutions List:

  1. Mac address collector in SNMP mode
  2. Mac address collector in ARP mode