Would this no produce a packet storm?
For every packet sent/received a new packet would be set to the monitor.
For this new packet a new packet would be set to the monitor.
For this new packet a new packet would be set to the monitor.
For this new packet a new packet would be set to the monitor.
A nice solution which I make use is:
a) install a SNMPD client on every box
/usr/ports/net/net-snmp
b) change the community string to something else than `public`
c) create sample config file for snmpd
d) install MRTG
/usr/ports/net/mrtg
e) Configure MRTG to be daemon and query every 5
If you intend to send the captured packets to the console host via the
same interface they were captured from this will multipy the network load
tremendously. And if you also have the console host do the same this too
will likely cause your network to become overloaded sending the packets
