Ethernet Tap

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Note

This page is for the Ethernet Tap Tap board. For the plugin, see the plugin docs.

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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 [1] [2].

  • Based on Intel MAX10 FPGA.

  • Six LEDs onboard:

    • Green Ready LED;

    • Green 100Mbps and yellow Link/Activity LEDs for the left RJ45 jack;

    • Green 100Mbps and yellow Link/Activity LEDs for the right RJ45 jack;

    • Blue 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.

Connecting Ethernet Tap

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Using the Ethernet Tap

Please see the documentation for the Ethernet Tap plugin.

Specifications

Ethernet Tap is supplied with a USB cable.

Hardware Specifications [3] [4]

Parameter

Specification

USB port

USB 2.0, high-speed (480 MHz), USB-C connector

Throughput

Up to 100BaseT Ethernet’s real-life throughput [1] [2]

Operating temperature

0 to +60 degrees C

Operating relative humidity

10–90%

Mechanical dimensions

82 x 74 x 30 mm

Footnotes