Way to generate alerts?

[Matthew Van Gent <matthew () crosspetroleum com>]

Hello,

I apologize if this is the wrong spot to send this email, I am new to snort. I have used 
autosnort(https://github.com/da667/Autosnort ) on my Dell Poweredge T310 server running Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS. I have 
configured port mirroring on my external connection and confirmed with wireshark that it is working, however, I am not 
receiving any generated alerts from snort. Is there a way to generate alerts guaranteed? I have nmap on an external 
machine, and when I run a nmap "attack" against this IP I do not receive any alerts via Snort Report. I am trying to 
narrow down if snort is misconfigured, barnyard2 is not functioning, or something else entirely.

Any information on this is welcome.

Thanks,

Matthew Van Gent
IT Assistant
Cross Petroleum
6920 Lockheed Drive
Redding, CA 96002

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