Archive for the ‘TAPs’ category

1. Working with multi-point captures

   Every now and then most analysts run into a troubleshooting situations where they need to capture the same packets at different locations in the network. Some reasons for such multi-point captures include having to determine if packets get delayed at some point in the network (this would be one of the few cases where “it […]

2. A look at a portable USB3 network TAP

   A while ago I wrote a post for LoveMyTool about how I managed to power my Garland Gigabit TAP with a USB cable, which got me into a discussion about the ProfiTap USB3 device on Linkedin. I had used 100Mbit USB2 ProfiTap devices before and had some issues with it on Linux, so I was […]