General Information - ProfiTap PROFISHARK 1G User Manual

General Information

ProfiShark 1G is a handheld plug and play device dedicated to
in-line Gigabit Ethernet monitoring. It facilitates field traffic
capture and troubleshooting. It is equivalent to a 10/100/1G
aggregator tap and two 1 Gbps NICs. All-in-one in a pocket-
sized box, the only additional hardware required being a laptop
or desktop PC with a free USB 3.0 port.
As it is based on USB 3.0 (5 Gbps), the ProfiShark 1G manages
full-duplex gigabit at wirespeed, without the bottleneck of an
aggregator tap. It also surpasses all standard NICs in capture
mode, as it catches any tag and encapsulation without altering
the frames.
ProfiShark 1G is the perfect tool for the field engineer as well
as for long-term traffic collection.
Features
- 10/100/1G monitoring on USB 3.0
- USB 3.0 powered, no adapter required
- Fail-safe monitoring
- Low delay, low jitter
- Hardware aggregation
- 8 ns hardware timestamping for accurate latency testing
- Real time statistics
- Low level error and bandwidth monitoring
- CRC error capture
- Capture any packet with any analyzer
- Direct capture to disk
- Dual NIC mode (SPAN)
- Very low CPU usage
- Invisible to the network
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