Net Optics 10/100 Port Aggregator Tap

Net Optics 10/100 Port Aggregator Tap ... full-duplex link - using only one NIC per device.

Typically, full-duplex monitoring with a network tap requires two NICs (or a dual channel NIC) - one interface for each side of the tapped full-duplex connection. The Dual Port Aggregator Tap combines and regenerates these streams, sending all aggregated data out two separate passive monitoring ports.

For cases where the NIC's capacity is exceeded - for instance, if there is a traffic burst, and the 100 Mbps NIC is now receiving 140 Mbps of traffic - port buffering is offered as a key unique feature to help prevent data overload.