Method, apparatus and system for inserting a vlan tag into a captured data packet

Abstract

Methods, systems, computer-readable media, and devices for determining a target destination of captured network traffic received by a network captured traffic distribution device communicatively coupled to a plurality of network captured network traffic distribution devices arranged in a stacked topology responsively to an inserted virtual local area network (VLAN) tag are described. A target destination for a captured data packet may be determined and a VLAN tag may be inserted into the captured data packet responsively to the determined target destination. The data packet may then be transmitted to an intervening network captured traffic distribution device positioned between the network captured traffic distribution device and the target destination. Once received by the intervening network captured traffic distribution device, the target destination of the received data packet may be determined based on the inserted VLAN tag. The received data packet may then be transmitted toward the target destination.