Suki wants to analyze all of the traffic being sent to and from a group of 10 computers that are all connected to the same networking device. He decides to install a sniffing device that will capture packets and then enable port mirroring on the networking device to send copies of the traffic to the sniffing device. Which of the following networking devices is he most likely using?
A) Bridge
B) Switch
C) Router
D) Load balancer

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Quizplus · Accepted Answer

Suki is most likely using a switch because port mirroring is a feature commonly found on network switches. It allows the switch to send a copy of network packets seen on one switch port (or an entire VLAN) to a network monitoring connection on another switch port. This is used for network appliances that require monitoring of network traffic, such as intrusion detection systems and packet sniffers.

Suki Wants to Analyze All of the Traffic Being Sent