Quick User Guide
PacketRaven Copper TAPs
- Copper TAPs are active decoupling elements for the secure and reliable tapping of network data in copper-based networks. These TAPs are looped into the network line to be monitored and route out all data traffic while maintaining data integrity, without interruption and without packet loss.
- Our copper TAPs have redundant power supplies, but also allow power supply via PoE or 12-48V DC, which guarantees a high level of fail-safety.
- They do not have a MAC or IP address, but work on OSI Layer 1, and are therefore undetectable in the network without expensive measuring equipment. Hackers and other attackers therefore have no chance, and since the integrity of the outgoing data remains unaltered due to this tapping method, Network TAPs are increasingly used in the areas of network forensics, security and monitoring.
- Using conventional SPAN ports, on the other hand, can falsify the result because this technique operates in store-and forward mode and discards FCS/CRC errors at the OSI Layer 2 level instead of outputting them on the mirror port. In contrast, TAPs pass out these critical CRC errors without affecting the original data.
