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Introduction
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unicast address.
Name_Query_Request frames provide the ATX with the name of 
the source workstation, the MAC address, the port which recieved 
the frame and any applicable RIF information. The 
Name_Recognized_Response provides the ATX with information 
including the name of the workstation, the MAC address of the 
workstation and any applicable RIF information.
Note:
If cached information on the originating workstation has not timed 
out, the Name_Recognized will be a directed response instead of an 
all-stations broadcast. If the workstation name has not timed out 
from the Netbios Name Cache, the next Name_Query frame 
destined for either workstation is sent as a directed frame instead of 
a single route broadcast.
1.6.2  ATX Local and Remote Port Mirroring
Port mirroring allows the ATX LAN switch to redirect network 
traffic (excluding MAC layer errors) from one or more ports to any 
other port, in effect “mirroring” all network traffic to a selected 
port. This feature allows customers who have existing investments 
in external analyzers, external RMON probes, or devices like 
Network General’s Distributed Sniffer System to continue to 
receive expert analysis and packet decode functions in a switched 
environment - simply use the port mirroring function to mirror 
switched traffic to the designated “diagnostic” port to which the 
analyzer is attached.
The ATX LAN Switch supports local and remote port mirroring. 
Local port mirroring is when the diagnostic port is on the same 
ATX as the mirrored ports. Remote port mirroring is when the 
diagnostic port is on a different or remote ATX from the mirrored 
ports. The mirrored ports have to be either local or remote to the 
diagnostic port, not both. In the case of remote mirroring, the 
traffic from the mirrored ports is encapsulated into an IP packet 
and sent to the IP destination defined (the diagnostic port). See 
section 3.11 Local and Remote Port Mirroring Commands for 
additional information on Port Mirroring commands.