Technical requirements
For this chapter, you will need the following:
- TP-Link TL-SG108E Smart Switch: This is a relatively inexpensive switch and allows for simple port mirroring. We will look at this to get an understanding of how to configure port mirroring. A TP-Link TL-SG108E Smart Switch can be found on Amazon (https://www.amazon.ca/TP-LINK-TL-SG108E-8-Port-Gigabit-Switch/dp/B00JKB63D8).
- Throwing Star LAN TAP: This is an inexpensive LAN TAP that we can use to extract network packets and then review them later. A Throwing Star LAN TAP can be found at: https://www.amazon.ca/Throwing-Original-Monitoring-Ethernet-Communication/dp/B077XY2TGD/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=throwing+star+lan+tap&qid=1626109845&sr=8-1.
- Wireshark/TShark, which can be installed from the following link: https://www.wireshark.org/#download.
- Tcpdump.