ProfiShark Network TAPs
Complete visibility of your entire network anytime, anywhere
Reliable Traffic Capture in a Portable Package
ProfiSharks are portable traffic capture devices that provide quick packet-level insight anywhere they are deployed. With a high-quality timestamp, and capture regardless of packet rate, ProfiShark delivers high fidelity capture files, forming an ideal starting point for troubleshooting or network forensics. Designed for easy, non-intrusive traffic capture, ProfiSharks offer a valuable improvement over less performant options such as SPAN ports on a switch or direct capture on a laptop. They give reliable insight into the network, ensure the quality of analysis, and optimize workflow without dropping any packets.
Connected via USB to a host PC or laptop, in-line or out-of-band, traffic can be forwarded directly to packet analyzer software, like Wireshark, or stored to disk. To ensure optimum network protection, the monitored network is physically separated from the management interface. The capture control and hardware settings can be done inside the ProfiShark Manager.
QUICKLY GET PACKET-LEVEL INSIGHT
ProfiShark enables complete data capture in a portable form factor. This means you can deploy rapidly anywhere, and capture the traffic data you need, with no performance impact on your production network.
GET TRACE FILES YOU CAN RELY ON
To help optimize your analysis workflow and consume less disk storage, ProfiShark offers packet slicing capabilities, making sure you only get actionable data.
GET TRANSPARENT AND NON-INTRUSIVE ACCESS
Capture network data without impacting security or performance. The ProfiShark and host PC will not show up as a node on the network. Network connection is maintained, even when power to the ProfiShark is lost. ProfiShark is set up to passthrough PoE.
GET THE TIMESTAMP ACCURACY YOU NEED
Accurate timestamping is essential for the analysis of performance metrics like TCP flow throughput, delay and jitter. ProfiShark offers models with down to 5ns hardware timestamping, and advanced GPS/PPS timestamping features on the + models.
STRAIGHTFORWARD SETUP AND MANAGEMENT
Place ProfiShark in the line of the packets you want to analyze and use the ProfiShark Manager GUI to control hardware and packet capture settings.
CAPTURE HIGH FIDELITY NETWORK TRAFFIC
Capture all bytes from layer 1 to 7, with a high quality timestamp, regardless of packet rate.
MULTIPLE TRAFFIC CAPTURE OPTIONS AVAILABLE
Direct capture to disk without the need for external software, live capture with Wireshark or other packet analyzer, or long-term traffic capture on a NAS.
WIDE OS SUPPORT
ProfiShark is supported on the main OS choices on the market today: Linux, Windows and macOS.
DEPLOY IN-LINE OR OUT-OF-BAND
All ProfiShark models can be configured in either in-line mode or as out-of-band, monitoring traffic from SPAN/mirror ports or external TAPs.
COMPATIBLE WITH MANY PROTOCOL ANALYZERS
ProfiShark is often used in combination with Wireshark for protocol analysis, but can be combined with most traffic analyzers.
PHYSICAL ISOLATION
The monitored network is physically isolated (diode) from the management interface, to avoid any risk of injection or MITM attack through the device.
FLEXIBLE POWERING OPTIONS
ProfiShark can be powered from a USB 3 port, or a 5V DC input.
Join the conversation
Find us on one of the following social platforms to get a sneak peek into the network monitoring world.
Be Part of the Team
We are always on the lookout for passionate people, who are open to change and innovation.
Check the Careers Page
Our Blog
Find the latest insights on network monitoring & analysis so you know which solution suits you best.
Check the Latest Insights