I would like to monitor all packets going through an xt8 router. From what I've gathered I can either use port mirroring, or I can flash the router's ROM with 'entware' which will add some utilities like snort to the router's BusyBox.
The first option will allow me to install what ever tools I want, like suricata etc. But there's the packet loss issues. That's why I would like to add entware on the router, but the xt8 has kernel 4.152 and I'm not sure entware supports that.
So my questions are:
A. Are the two options I've mentioned the only reasonable ones I have?
B. Can I flash an xt8 with entware or some other package to add packet sniffing abilities?
The first option will allow me to install what ever tools I want, like suricata etc. But there's the packet loss issues. That's why I would like to add entware on the router, but the xt8 has kernel 4.152 and I'm not sure entware supports that.
So my questions are:
A. Are the two options I've mentioned the only reasonable ones I have?
B. Can I flash an xt8 with entware or some other package to add packet sniffing abilities?
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