Diagnosis References - Data Link Layer

Colasoft Capsa offers expert diagnosis for the following data link layer events.

EventDescriptionSeverityThresholdPossible causes and solutions
ARP Too Many Unrequested ResponseThe percentage of unrequested ARP response of a physical node is equal to or higher than the Unrequested Responses threshold.WarningUnrequested Responses - 50%Check the source and target physical node for possible ARP spoofing.
ARP Request StormThe number of ARP request packets per second exceeds the ARP requests/sec threshold, indicating that an ARP request storm has been detected.Warning
  • Sample Time - second
  • ARP requests/sec - 10
  • Check the source station for the application that sent the ARP requests.
    ARP ScanA station is scanning the network address via ARP requests.Warning  Check the source station for the application that performs the scanning.

     

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