[c-nsp] Network tap solution recommendations

[Bernie]

Thank you too all for your replies, on and off list. They have been a great
help!

On Mon, Jan 7, 2013 at 2:00 PM, Eugeniu Patrascu <eugen at imacandi.net> wrote:

> On Thu, Jan 3, 2013 at 10:23 PM, Bernie <zenbernie at gmail.com> wrote:
> > I find myself needing to specify a 10GB network tap solution, to include
> a
> > monitoring station or packet analysis software. Aside from trying to
> > Frankenstein a Wireshark system together, does anyone have
> recommendations
> > on good gear you've used?
> >
> > My starting point is I'm looking at NetOptics for their 10GB passive tap
> > for LC fiber. However, I'd appreciate having a couple of vendor names so
> I
> > can do a price comparison for my boss.
>
> You can look at GigaMon GigaTAP line of products (www.gigamon.com) as
> they have taps for everything (copper/fiber) and what can help when
> you have a lot of traffic is that they allow you to put PCAP filters
> on their hardware and from a 10G link with bulk traffic you can
> receive on a span sport only the traffic you're really interested on -
> pretty useful feature. The web interface is incredibly simple, you can
> even call it web 1.0 on some places. I have no idea how much they
> cost, I only used their product once and it worked as advertised and
> was happy about it.
>
> Eugeniu
>