{"id":1481,"date":"2009-04-20T23:29:26","date_gmt":"2009-04-21T04:29:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nuxx.net\/blog\/?p=1481"},"modified":"2009-04-20T23:29:26","modified_gmt":"2009-04-21T04:29:26","slug":"netoptics-passive-10100-ethernet-port-aggregator-tap-disassembly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nuxx.net\/blog\/2009\/04\/20\/netoptics-passive-10100-ethernet-port-aggregator-tap-disassembly\/","title":{"rendered":"NetOptics Passive 10\/100 Ethernet Port Aggregator Tap Disassembly"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Today I received a rather nifty device, an older-model Passive 10\/100 Ethernet Port Aggregator Tap (PA-CU)<\/a> from NetOptics<\/a>. This device allows one to monitor both halves of a full-duplex 10\/100 network connection at once, with only one capture device, which is rather nifty.<\/p>\n

It was delivered quite early this morning by FedEx, and upon opening the box I saw that it was practically new, with the power supply shipping bags still sealed. There was no documentation, but this was easy enough to find online<\/a>, and only consists of jumpers whose settings are silkscreened on the top of the enclosure<\/a>.<\/p>\n

After trying it out today I decided that it would be good to open it up and see what is inside. As this photo shows<\/a> it is basically their older PCI aggretator tap<\/a> repackaged into a rather nice metal housing. This board contains a FPGA, a bunch of SRAM, a PIC, and some currently unidentified (but well heatsinked) processors.<\/p>\n

If you’d like to see more photos of the inside of the tap, they are all available here: NetOptics Passive 10\/100 Ethernet Port Aggregator Tap<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Today I received a rather nifty device, an older-model Passive 10\/100 Ethernet Port Aggregator Tap (PA-CU) from NetOptics. This device allows one to monitor both…<\/p>\n

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