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:guy@xxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Friday, September 26, 2003 3:48 PM
To: Mike Kelley
Cc: 'ethereal-users@xxxxxxxxxxxx'
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.