Adds a virtual USB NIC to the SharkTap

• The same features as the SharkTap 10/100/1G, with the addition of an optional built-in ethernet USB interface.

• Ideal for thin laptops or tablets with no wired ethernet jack. Minimize the equipment you must carry to troubleshoot.

• The USB port has advantages even when you have a wired port - You can configure the USB port to optimize data capture. No need to swap a wired port between capture and networking

• Also includes a wired ethernet TAP. Use either wired TAP or USB TAP.

'Carbon copy' repeater technology

• Directly supports 10Base-T, 100Base-T, and 1000Base-T links

• Protocol independent - copies anything, even if it's not proper IP data.

• 'read only' (no way to send data from TAP port to Network ports)

• Small and constant delay (about 500nS) - suitable for industrial time protocols

• Full 2Gbit full-duplex bandwidth on NETWORK link.

• Even replicates errors (it can't replicate the exact analog fault, but the fact of a data error is replicated)

Aggregate TAP ports - a standard wired ethernet port, or a virtual USB ethernet port

• Copies of all packets are duplicated on the TAP port. Both transmit and received packets are duplicated on the single TAP port.

• Jumbo packets supported.

• Bad packets duplicated to Wired TAP(email us about USB support for bad packets)

• Works with non-standard, non-TCP/IP data.

• Internal buffer to absorb bursts of full-duplex traffic. If sustained traffic exceeds 1Gb total, TAP port copies of packets can be dropped, but the Network ports will never drop or alter data.

Virtual USB ethernet TAP port:

• A "LAN7801 USB3.0 to Ethernet adapter" will appear as a device on your Windows PC. Configure it just like a built-in network card.

• Plug and play with recent Windows or Linux versions. Driver either included or will install automatically. Until Microchip updates their driver, you must assume the SharkTap will NOT work with recent versions of MacOS

• Second USB-B power jack allows you to use Wired TAP without creating USB device. Can also be used for backup power

• Directly supports 10Base-T, 100Base-T, 1000Base-T links

• Dimensions (including tabs): 2.845"W x 5.130"L x 1.107"H

• Power: 200-400mA@5V, depending on link speeds

Quick Start Guide

EU Declaration of conformity

Compliance summary

Does the SharkTap respond to flow control packets?

• No, the SharkTap doesn't respond to any packets, it only passes them through. Flow control, or VLAN packets, or any other special purpose packets that might be intercepted by a smart switch, are simply passed through and mirrored to the tap port.

Will the SharkTap "fail open"?

• Yes - if the SharkTap loses power, the Network link will stop working

Does the SharkTap support Power over Ethernet?

• Yes, it does. The center tap of of the isolation transformers for each pair are connected to the corresponding center tap of the other NETWORK port. So the high speed data is blocked, but DC power is passed through. This is done for all four pairs, so all standard PoE techniques are supported. There are no settings, it just works.

Will the SharkTap copy packets with bad FCS?

• Yes. The SharkTapUSB copies everything to the Wired TAP port. But note, not all NIC cards will accept bad packets, and/or you may have to configure your NIC for this. On linux it's generally the rx-all option in ethtool. The USB hardware accepts bad FCS, but neither the standard Windows or Linux driver configure it that way. We can give you guidance on recompiling the linux driver to support bad packets. We don't directly support this effort, but we can tell you how to do it. It's not a big change, if you know how to recompile the kernel.