Re: Hardware question

[Josh Reynolds via NANOG <nanog () lists nanog org>]

What might be better is using a switch port mirror to duplicate the traffic
on one port to your appliance. This way if your appliance fails, it doesn't
block traffic.

If you don't want a span port, Open flow / sFlow might give you what you
need.

Josh R

On Mon, Jun 23, 2025, 7:34 AM Craig Smith via NANOG <nanog () lists nanog org>
wrote:

> Hello,
>
> Is anyone out there aware of a fail safe switch/router/1U server where upon
> power failure or watchdog event 2 ports would fail to pass through
> data, but could also be assigned an IP address and act as a bridge in
> "normal" mode? The desire is to have an appliance that could perform
> monitoring and send telemetry in between a customer device and an Internet
> connection but not create a single point of failure or require multiple ISP
> handoffs.
>
> Best,
>
> Craig
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