# Monitoring 10Mbps Switch
Example #3: Using conversation steering and monitor port

- Monitor Ports Can Only Send Data

- Some Vendors Switches Can Only Steer One Port at a Time (Traffic is copied from one switch port to the monitor port.)

- If used as "roving probe", then lose history or effective reporting as well as alarms from other ports

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