Wireshark Packet Analyzer VS Network Packet Sniffer Capture
Analysis and Troubleshooting
What is the Network Packet Sniffer to do?
Network Packet Sniffer is a device that allows the user to
eavesdrop on traffic traveling between networked equipment. The
program will capture data that is addressed to other machines,
saving it for later analysis. All information that travels across a
network is sent in "packets." For example, when an email is sent
from one computer to another, it is first broken up into smaller
segments. Each segment has the destination address attached, the
source address, and other information such as the number of packets
and reassembly order. Once they arrive at the destination, the
packet's headers and footers are stripped away, and the packets are
reconstituted. Network Packet Sniffer is different of packet
analyzer, A packet analyzer looks at packets and tries to make some
inferences about what they contain.
But, Network Packet Sniffer is not just a hacker's tool. It can be
used for network troubleshooting and other useful purposes. In the
wrong hands, however, this software can capture sensitive personal
information that can lead to invasion of privacy, identity theft,
and other serious problems. And a lot of network packet sniffers
(including the original Sniffer software that ran on DOS, and its
Windows successor, as well as tcpdump, Wireshark, snoop, Microsoft
Network Monitor, and so on) are both sniffers (in that they can
capture network traffic) and analyzers (as they can dissect packets
and analyze them).
Network Packet Broker For your System Value
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collected by Intelligent TAPs across your Network in real-time.
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intelligent port-mapping and all management.
No.3 Deploy with ultimate scalability, using a fully-modular design
to expand as your infrastructure evolves.
Matrix-TCA-CG is a network data visualization control device for
high density and large flow of 10G/40G/100G.
Matrix-TCA-CG is specially designed for the data collection of 10GE
40GE and 100GE links distributed intensively in operators mobile
Internet export, IDC export, provincial network and backbone.
Based on ATCA standard architecture, MATRIX-TCA-CG has high
carrier-level reliability and strong expansibility which can
smoothly configure the functional board CARDS to cope with port
demand scenarios of various specifications and sizes.
The NTCA-CHS-7U7S is a 7U standard rack height. The chassis adopts
the horizontal slot service slot mode. The device supports a total
of seven slots, including two switching slots and five service
slots. Each slot provides 300W cooling capacity, the chassis uses a
pull-type cooling air duct to provide good heat dissipation
performance for the whole machine. The backplane adopts a dual-star
architecture, providing 200Gbps full-duplex interconnected channels
in each switch slot to the service slot. Fully equipped with two
switch cards can achieve 400G backplane bandwidth per service slot.
The NTCA-CHS-16U14S is a 16U standard rack height. The chassis
adopts the horizontal insertion service slot mode. The whole
machine supports 14 card slots, including 4 switching slots and 10
service slots. Each slot provides 300W cooling capacity, the
chassis uses a pull-type cooling air duct to provide good heat
dissipation performance for the whole machine. The backplane adopts
a dual-star architecture, providing independent 100Gbps backplane
bandwidth for each switch slot to the service slot. Fully 4 switch
cards can provide 400G backplane cross-board bandwidth application
per service slot.
NT-TCA-XG24 10G Data Acquisition, Data Capturing and Switch Service
Card/Module
Card Interface
Service interface:24*SFP+ 10G(compatible with 1G)interface.
Management interface:1*RJ45 interface
CONSOLE interface:1*RJ45 interface
BASE interface:2*1000MInter-board communication interface
FABRIC interface:4*100G Service data backplane dedicated
transmission interface
IPMC interface:1*RJ45 interface
Card Function Overview
NT-TCA-XG24 is a multi-function service card with integrated 10G
interface for integrated data service collection and aggregation of
split output. The card supports:
1- 1G/10G links access and acquisition
2- 1G/10G links aggregating, diverting and filtering
3- 1G/10G links data accurate identification
4- 1G/10G links packet tag
5- Built-in simple ShMC monitors the operating temperature of the
board.
6- Complete the data processing policy configuration and execution
of this board.
7- The RTM can support 24*10GE interfaces to complete the
acquisition or aggregation of the 1G/10G link.
8- 4*100GBASE-KR backplane interface can complete Import and output
of cross-board services.
Card Function and Feature
NT-TCA-XG24 built-in high-performance large-capacity data
processing ASIC chip, which can complete business data aggregation
and shunt up to 880Gbps.The main function and features are:
1- 24 SFP+10G Ethernet interfaces on the front panel, which can
complete 1G/10G link splitting and image acquisition input or
1G/10G service traffic convergence and split output.
2- Provides four 100GBASE-FABRIC service data transmission channels
to provide high-performance transmission channels for cross-board
data exchange services between the board and the switch board.
3- Supports NT-TCA-RTM-EXG24 rear panel interface scalable card,
and expands an additional 24 SFP+ type 10G Ethernet interfaces. The
scalable interface can also complete 1G/10G link acquisition or
split output.
4- The flexible multi-group field matching filtering policy rules
are used to establish black and white lists of traffic that are of
interest to users, and to flexibly combine and use them to filter
and output business data as needed. The multi-group field covers
the standard fields of the packet stream, such as five-tuple,
physical port, MAC address, vlan, and L3/L4 protocol domain.
5- Based on the user-defined field (UDF) filtering rule matching,
the UDF custom domain can support a custom match of 128 bytes
before the message. Typical applications can be used to filter HTTP
GET/POST packets, tunnel-based packet key segment matching, etc.
6- Up to 128K High-capacity accurate field matching rules,
providing users with independent packet filtering support for
independent IP/MAC/L4PORT fields.
7- Complete the replication, split, and load balancing of service
data in the service board.
8- Supports command line-based CONSOLE/TELNET/SSH management, and
also supports graphical-based HTTP/WEB configuration management
interface with switchboard.
9- Support independent update and upgrade of the software version
of this service board.
Network Packet Broker Specification and Module Type
| Component type | Product Model | Basic Parameter | Remarks |
| Service card | NT-TCA-SCG10 | 100G exchange card,10*QSFP28 interface | Choose according to actual business needs |
| NT-TCA-CG10 | 100G service card,10*QSFP28 interface |
| NT-TCA-XG24 | 10G service card,24*SFP+ interface |
| NT-TCA-RTM-CG10 | 100G RTM card,10*QSFP28 interface |
| NT-TCA-RTM-EXG24 | 10G RTM card,24*SFP+ interface |
| |
| TCA Visibility Embedded software system | NT-TCA-SOFT-PKG | | must |
| Items | Specification |
| Card name | NT-TCA-SCG10 100G service exchange card |
| Interface type | Support 10*QSFP28 100GE/40GE interface |
| Additional support 10*QSFP28 100GE/40GE interface (used with RTM
card) |
| exchange capacity | 3.2Tbps(including Cross-board service exchange capability) |
| Deployment mode | Support optical splitting/mirror span |
| data processing ability | support replication/aggregation/filtering |
| support dynamic load balancing |
| Support IP/protocol/port seven-tuple traffic identification
filtering |
| Support UDF custom offset matching filtering |
| Support for inner and outer identification split in tunnel
protocols |
| Support for Ethernet encapsulation independence support |
| Support more than 1 million basic IPv4 seven-tuple rules |
| Support Ethernet L2-L4 layer protocol identification |
| Support data forwarding between cards |
| system management ability | Support unified monitoring and management of the whole machine
working environment |
| Support unified management of data processing strategies |
| Support unified management of software version of the whole machine |
| Support the whole machine control board election management |
| Support CONSOLE management |
| Support IP/WEB management |
| Support SNMP management |
| Support TELNET/SSH management |
| Support SYSLOG |
Machine Specification
| Items | Specifications |
| Chassis size | NTCA-CHS-7U7S-DC:310.45mm(H) × 482.6mm(W)× 443.6mm(D) |
| NTCA-CHS-7U7S-AC:310.45mm(H) × 482.6mm(W)× 443.6mm(D) |
| NTCA-CHS-16U14S-DC:708.35 mm(H) × 482.6mm(W)× 502.15mm(D) |
| NTCA-CHS-16U14S-AC:708.35 mm(H) × 482.6mm(W)× 502.15mm(D) |
| Adapter chassis and power | Power supply |
| NTCA-CHS-7U7S-DC:High voltage DC(240VDC~280VDC) |
| NTCA-CHS-7U7S-AC:220V AC |
| NTCA-CHS-16U14S-DC:High voltage DC(240VDC~280VDC) |
| NTCA-CHS-16U14S-AC:220V AC |
| Power: |
| NTCA-CHS-7U7S-DC:Full configuration maximum power consumption <
3000W |
| NTCA-CHS-7U7S-AC:Full configuration maximum power consumption <
3000W |
| NTCA-CHS-16U14S-DC:Full configuration maximum power consumption
< 5000W |
| NTCA-CHS-16U14S-AC:Full configuration maximum power consumption
< 5000W |
| Environment requirement | Working temperature:0℃~50℃ |
| Storage temperature:-20℃~80℃ |
| Working humidity:5%~95%,Non-condensation |
| Standard Certification | Advanced®specification PICMG® 3.0 R2.0 |
| RoHs,Designed for CE,FCC,NEBS Level 3 |
