4.3.1. Prepare traffic visualization and monitoring

  • Connect to Windows jumphost using RDP

  • Open SSH connections to Router1 and Router2

  • Verify Router1 BGP configuration. Protected subnet 10.1.30.0/24 should have a Next Hop defined as Router2 10.1.20.244

    show ip bgp

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  • Start interface monitoring in Router1 and Router2 monitor interfaces ethernet

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  • Select eth1 and press g to enable graphical statistics

    Note

    You may need to expand terminal window for graphs to appear

  • Open Web Browser and click on BIG-IP AFM bookmark, then login into BIG-IP TMUI using admin credentials

  • Open DoS Visibility Dashboard in AFM TMUI

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  • In a new Browser tab click on Flowmon Web interface bookmark. Once Flowmon main menu opens, click on Flowmon DDoS Defender icon and login using admin credentials

  • Open Attack List in Flowmon DDoS Defender WebUI

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Note

Disregard any active alarms Flowmon may show in the upper right screen corner. These are artifcts of this lab environment