Ethernet Tap is an affordable sniffer for monitoring Ethernet traffic flowing through a single Ethernet connection. To monitor Ethernet traffic, an Ethernet cable that was initially connecting a switch (hub) to an Ethernet device is replaced by two Ethernet cables and the Ethernet Tap is inserted between them, in what is known as a "wedge" fashion. The Tap passes the Ethernet traffic through with a delay equal to about 5.2uS.
The Tap connects to your PC via a USB cable and is compatible with IO Ninja terminal/sniffer software.
Features
•Designed for use with IO Ninja software (http://ioninja.com/).
•Reliably captures 10Base-T and 100Base-T Ethernet traffic[Note 1][Note 2].
•Based on Intel MAX10 FPGA.
•Six LEDs onboard:
oGreen Ready LED;
oGreen 100Mbps and yellow Link/Activity LEDs for the left RJ45 jack;
oGreen 100Mbps and yellow Link/Activity LEDs for the right RJ45 jack;
oBlue Power LED.
•High-speed (480Mbps) USB2.0 interface on a USB-C connector.
•Supplied with a USB-C cable.
•USB-powered, no additional external power necessary.
•Compact, outside dimensions only 82 x 74 x 30 mm.
•The product is field-upgradeable via the USB interface.
Note 1
As long as your PC is fast enough to receive all the captured data. Some data may be lost if a PC's USB channel is unable to receive it on time. Our tests have shown that an average i7-based desktop PC (that is not performing other time-critical tasks) easily captures 100BaseT traffic even under high Ethernet load conditions.
Note 2
The Tap does not allow mixing 10BaseT and 100BaseT connections. Both sides of the Tap must have the same connection speed. That means that you may not connect one side of the Tap to a 100Base-T device, and another side—to a 10Base-T device.