Network Taps

Better network visibility

An APM/NPM (Application Performance Monitoring/Network Performance Monitoring) or a network security monitoring tool using a combination of network taps and aggregation devices can help improve visibility and redundancy, as well as reducing system complexity and the cost of implementation.

A Network Tap makes a perfect copy of information in your network connection. The Tap is designed so that traffic flows through your network and does not become a point of failure.  Tapping your network will also help to minimise latency between the network link and the monitor part of the Tap.

Taps acquire data from a network link, which is then forwarded to the Visibility and Analytics Layer (either physical or virtual nodes) for aggregation, filtering and the application of traffic intelligence, before distributing the data to network and security tools.

Why Tap?

• To unobtrusively monitor network traffic without affecting that traffic.
• SPAN, or Mirror ports can be over-subscribed (i.e. too much traffic presented), and packets dropped.
• Zero packet loss: In the event of a power outage causing failure of the Tap, the end devices remain permanently connected without any link downtime and without dropping or affecting a single packet.
• Passive: The Tap has no discernible effect on the network; a passive TAP does not alter the traffic that passes through it.
• Allows for multiple security and network visibility tools to inspect the same network traffic.

Our Network Tap solutions: