

This router must be connected to a port of the switch, so that the Wifi traffic is also duplicated to the IDS by the “port mirroring” function. In order to also be able to monitor wireless equipment traffic, it is necessary to use a small Wifi router. This is made possible thanks to using a manageable switch that supports “ port mirroring”, to duplicate the traffic from all devices and send it to the IDS.

It analyzes network traffic in order to detect unusual activities and intrusion attempts.Ī Raspberry Pi is the perfect host for Suricata in a small local network.įor the IDS to be able to monitor all equipment on your network, it must analyze all network traffic. Suricata is a network IDS ( Intrusion Detection System) based on signature detection. In order to be able to monitor all devices in your local network, we will use the port mirroring functionality of a managed switch as well as a small wifi router connected to that switch.


This article details the installation and configuration of Suricata IDS on a Raspberry Pi for you to monitor your local network.
