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Quick Start for Network AgentNetwork Interface Card (NIC) Settings(Planning worksheet 4) The NIC used for monitoring can be set for stealth mode (no IP address), butit must be associated with a second NIC that is assigned an IP address and is used for blocking.Identification: The selected NIC.Monitoring: Use this NIC to monitor traffic? (If the Network Agent machine has multiple NICs,you can configure more than one NIC to monitor traffic. Each monitoring NIC must capture allpackets it is assigned, not just packets that are addressed directly to it.)NOTEIf Network Agent runs on a Linux or Solaris machine with multipleNICs, the operating system determines real-time which NIC to use formonitoring. Network Agent may sometimes use a NIC other than theone specified here.If you select Yes, click Monitoring to continue configuration of this NIC.• Monitor List: How much of the internal network should be monitored for internet andprotocol requests?• All: Network Agent monitors requests from all machines it sees using the selected NIC.• None: Network Agent monitors no machines in the selected NIC’s network segment.• Specific: Network Agent monitors only a portion of the selected NIC’s network segment.If you selected Specific, click Add to identify the IP addresses of the machines to monitor.• Monitor List Exceptions: Identify internal machines to exclude from monitoring.Quick Start 13 Network Agent