Typical use of the probe is for example at the conection to the internet.
This way, the use of the internet can be monitored and inspected like a traffic shaper, but without changing anything to the traffic.
Discussions about bandwith availability and network performance can be supported with the reports of a few simple probe measurements.
The probe can be used in a traditional remote sniffer setup or in a bridge setup. An advantage of the remote sniffer setup is the ease of use.
Once the monitoring interface of the probe is connected to a network, the results can be gathered from the management interface.
No traffic can flow from the management interface to the monitoring interface, making it safe for measuring network traffic on insecure networks like an Internet connection right form a safe internal network.
The bridge setup can be used for connecting the probe when no hub or switch with monitoring capabillities is at hand.
By simply placing the probe between two devices, the probe can measure any traffic flowing between them.
To do this, the probe is equipped with two measurement ports that can be put into bridge mode.
With this bridge mode, the probe can measure traffic between the devices without needing to change anything.
The management interface delivers the results of anything seen between the bridge interfaces.
The probe is equipped with three 100Mbit interfaces making it possible to measure at wirespeed.
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