SwitchBlox Rugged : Can the Rugged Switch Support Port Mirroring?

Product: SwitchBlox Rugged (10/100 Mbps Ethernet Switch, 5-Port, 4.45 cm Square Electronic Board)
SKU: BB-SWR-G-1

Market: DigiKey
Order Date: January 9, 2026

Hello,

I am currently using four of the five ports on the switch in unmanaged mode.

I would like to use the remaining port (Port 5) to monitor the network traffic on the other four ports (Ports 1–4).

Does the SwitchBlox Rugged support port mirroring?
If so, I would appreciate it if you could explain how to configure or use this feature.

Additionally, I observed an unusual behavior while using the SwitchBlox Rugged in unmanaged mode.

  • One master device and three slave devices are connected to Ports 1–4.
  • The master device transmits data to Slave #2 every 200 ms.
  • I powered off Slave #2 and left it disconnected for more than 10 minutes.
  • After that, the data packets that were intended for Slave #2 suddenly started appearing on both Slave #1 and Slave #3.
  • I confirmed this behavior using Wireshark.
  • When I powered Slave #2 back on, the packets immediately stopped being forwarded to the other ports.

Because this behavior looked similar to port mirroring, I wanted to ask whether it is expected behavior or if there is another possible explanation.

Thank you for your support.

Best regards,

Joowon