FreeBSD Network Tap

From NSMWiki

Here's the quick how-to for FreeBSD Network Tap setup, as usual 3 network interfaces are needed -

rl0 + rl1 = bridge0

vr0 = mirrored port

To create bridge pseudo interface

# ifconfig bridge0 create

Adding rl0 and rl1 to bridge0 members

# ifconfig bridge0 addm rl0 addm rl1 up

Mirror network traffics that received by bridge0 to vr0

# ifconfig bridge0 span vr0 

That's pretty basic for the setup, never forget to tune your sysctl to allow ip forwarding and you are done.