APCON's filtering technology works on both source and destination traffic in a monitoring session.

Users are able to apply ingress filters on source ports such as SPANs and Taps, as well as egress filters on destination ports connected to monitoring tools. This allows users to multicast traffic from the same source to a variety of individual destination tools with filters applied to each of those data streams — allowing each tool to capture only relevant data and cutting down on tool workload.

Working through a specially designed screen in the web-accessible interface, users are able to build and combine filters with Boolean logic. Filter options include all common Layer 2 through Layer 4 parameters; and these filters can be saved, recalled and shared across multiple user groups.

Users are also able to manage bandwidth with the aid of color-coded indicators that update automatically as bandwidth levels change with traffic. As levels approach the point of oversubscription, the user is alerted and can easily adjust the filters to manage traffic.