topic 4260 in traditional IDS mode in Network Security https://community.cisco.com/t5/network-security/4260-in-traditional-ids-mode/m-p/710555#M87818 <P>Greetings all. Some of the documentation for the IPS 4260 wasn't entirely clear, so I wanted to ask a very basic question.</P><P></P><P>Does the 4260 ONLY operate in 'inline' mode or can it run as a traditional IDS device (passive, sniffing interfaces) much like the other 42xx models? Thank you.</P> Sun, 10 Mar 2019 10:24:59 GMT gdntsoc 2019-03-10T10:24:59Z 4260 in traditional IDS mode https://community.cisco.com/t5/network-security/4260-in-traditional-ids-mode/m-p/710555#M87818 <P>Greetings all. Some of the documentation for the IPS 4260 wasn't entirely clear, so I wanted to ask a very basic question.</P><P></P><P>Does the 4260 ONLY operate in 'inline' mode or can it run as a traditional IDS device (passive, sniffing interfaces) much like the other 42xx models? Thank you.</P> Sun, 10 Mar 2019 10:24:59 GMT https://community.cisco.com/t5/network-security/4260-in-traditional-ids-mode/m-p/710555#M87818 gdntsoc 2019-03-10T10:24:59Z Re: 4260 in traditional IDS mode https://community.cisco.com/t5/network-security/4260-in-traditional-ids-mode/m-p/710556#M87820 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>It can run in promiscuous.</P><P></P><P><A class="jive-link-custom" href="http://www.cisco.com/en/US/customer/products/hw/vpndevc/ps4077/products_data_sheet09186a008014873c.html" target="_blank">http://www.cisco.com/en/US/customer/products/hw/vpndevc/ps4077/products_data_sheet09186a008014873c.html</A></P><P></P><P>Regards</P><P></P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 11 Jan 2007 00:18:16 GMT https://community.cisco.com/t5/network-security/4260-in-traditional-ids-mode/m-p/710556#M87820 edadios 2007-01-11T00:18:16Z Re: 4260 in traditional IDS mode https://community.cisco.com/t5/network-security/4260-in-traditional-ids-mode/m-p/710557#M87821 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>The standard 4260 has a single sensing interface, so all it can do in that configuration is IDS style promiscuous operation.</P><P>You'd need to buy additional interfaces to have inline operation, and even then you could opt to have each interface sniffing a seperate segment in IDS mode.</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 18 Jan 2007 15:26:55 GMT https://community.cisco.com/t5/network-security/4260-in-traditional-ids-mode/m-p/710557#M87821 Matthew Hill 2007-01-18T15:26:55Z