Deploying Network Agent > Network Agent and multiple NICs
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The NICs can be connected to ports on the same network device (switch or router), or to different network devices.When you configure separate network cards to monitor traffic and send block messages (shown in the illustration below):
The monitoring NIC must be able to see all Internet traffic in the network segment that it is assigned to monitor.
The blocking NIC must be able to send block messages to all machines assigned to the monitoring NICs, even if the machines are on another network segment.
A monitoring NIC can be set for stealth mode. For information on configuring stealth mode, see Configuring a stealth mode NIC.
The blocking NIC must have an IP address (cannot be set to stealth mode).During installation, you specify which NIC is used by Websense software for communication and which NIC or NICs are used by Network Agent. For more information, see Installing Web Security components.
Deploying Network Agent > Network Agent and multiple NICs
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