ProfiTAP
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1. to the same directory on your hard disk If your running a Windows based OS you can copy jnetpcap dll to c windows system32 instead You may create a shortcut on your desktop to have the ProfiTAP User SetUp in one click available Notes The software is a Java based application as well Make sure you have instal led JAVA on your computer first otherwise refer to 4 1 a to install Java Run time Furthermore in some systems the jar extension is associated to a different program e g Winrar or Nokia s Cellphone applications In this case EasyS tat will be opened instead of being executed Occasionally an undefined error may occur Correct this by deassociating the JAVA extension in your configu ration setting The next pages give detailed informations about the functionality offered by ProfiTAP 2 Usage Run the program a green button in the upper left corner of the User SetUp window indicates that ProfiTAP is properly installed and connected Overview This toolset allows to setup and configure Profi TAP parameters enable disable the timestamps feature enable disable the filters satupidiscard a extract filter store configuration in volatile permanent memory Ussge Connect ProfiTAP to the USB port run the application Once successfull connected the ProfiTAP s basic settings are displayed Note The indic2. be changed After conversion open the ns pcap file s with Wireshark You will find the precise timing information at its proper position Note Wireshark may store this new file in other than pcap formats to make it available for other vendors import formats Refer to your other Analyzers for being able to work with time resolutions of less than microseconds first 4 3 ProfiTAP User Setup model C1AP 100 TF The User SetUp is used at Model T and TF to enable or disable features or setting up filters for individual use Depending on the demands for analysis you may intend to exclude some unimportant data or any unwanted frames You may need to reduce the monitored traffic for your Analyzer or even exclude other devices for your current environment With the provided filter cababilities ProfiTAP will work in a customized setting for temporary or permanent usage ProfiTAPs filter mechanic work almost like a pure hardwarefilter using this features result in a better performance during packet capture and helps to keep an eye on the important things 1 Installation Install WinPcap 3 1 or above on your computer either by downloading it at www winpcap org or by installing Wireshark see section 3 2 b Locate the folder named ProfiTAP User SetUp in the USB key As a registered customer you may check for latest available versions at our web site www profitap com Copy the files User SetUp jar and jnetpcap dil
3. d into the window of the Converter tool see picture on next page and will be automatically proces sed To identify the converted file s in this folder each new file s will carry a prefix ns pcap Le ProfiTAP NanoSec Converter v1 1 wow Description This ProfiTAP Application is designed to convert the Time Stamps of a microsecond based poap file This file must have been prior captured by th the Time Stamp Option After Conversion the tracefile indicates a precise nanosecond based Time Stamp as has been stored by the hardware of Prof TAP during capture Usage 2 Drag n drop the file to be converted into this window here to start the conversion BA new file will be created with a prefix of nssoocapoap stored in the oumenty selected directory 0 open the new file nssccox poap as normal and find the timestamp in nano second resolution at each ee Drop pcap files here onverted file may be converted again to be accessable by any other vendor fileformat using ave as function within you Analyzer Additional Note This Converter Tool filters out all unwanted packages occasionally partially or frequently being sent during capture by the Analyzer Copyright 2008 ComeratWPIofiTAP France vaan profitap com support profitap com Window of NanoSec Converter During conversion follow the instruction as displayed in the application window Note The native capture file s will not
4. exceeds this thresholds The recor ded entries can be identified easily by type of event and its value and direc tion on the monitored link 4 2 NanoSec Converter model C1AP 100 T For Packet Capture with via ProfiTAP the TAP can be set to add a 5 nanose cond resolution time information to each packet see chapter User SetUp Note As of today to take advantage of this nanosecond timestamp it is mandatory to perform the initial packet capture in combination of ProfiTAP and Wireshark Per default the Converter will read a recorded captured file and interpret this additional precise timing information to create a new capture file with a Nano second resolution timing transferred to the standard position in each packet The new file will be stored again as pcap file Depending on your Analyzer you may also use this new file on other Analysis equipment a Installation Copy the file NanoSec Converter jar on your hard disk You may create a shortcut on your desktop to have the Converter in one click available Note The software is a Java based application as well Make sure you installed JAVA on your computer first otherwise refer to 4 1 a to install Java Runtime b How to use it During Packet Capture the Wireshark Analyzer creates one or more pcap files as being controlled by the user Locate the folder of the capture files and execute the NanoSec Converter The file s to be converted can be drag n drop
5. have latest Java Runtime version running with your ProfiTAP checking the website of Java from time to time b Description EasyStat is a stand alone application designed for ProfiTAP There is no need to deactivate your Analyzer while performing any action with that software Locate the executable file EasyStat jar in the folder EasyStat or any other defined location as installed Double click on EasyStat jar to execute the application in the upcoming window Each time starting the EasyStat lt version gt jar will cause the automatic creation of two csv files in the same folder as the jar file This files will be used to store the collected statistics and will be updated and expanded during monitoring You may erase this files after closing the ProfiTAP Network Statistics or keep them for further usage As an overview and without any Analyzer functionality this troubleshooting tool will display in one quick view the bandwidth or any low layer errors by chart or graph prior to a deeper investigation performed by an Analyzer In addition to the display of CRC errors via LEDs on the front of ProfiTAP device it displays detailed informations about RX and TX lines of the monito red link with the EasyStat Once ProfiTAP is connected to the Network and the USB2 0 port it will monitor all 7 layers at the link To display the traffic in a listing or graphical chart you need to run this Java application as prior installed under se
6. ProfiTAP User s manual C1AP 100 10 100Mbps Ethernet Analyzer Tool Ethernet Protocol Analyzer TAP Thank you for purchasing the ProfiTAP Package content Inside the package are provided 1 ProfiTAP main unit 1 2Gb USB key containing drivers and softwares 1 RJ45 cable 1 USB2 0 cable 1 User s manual Table of contents 1 General Information NENNEN ii 2 ProfiTAP Visual Description gt KEE cinici 3 1 Hardware amp Driver installation 3 2 Analyzer Installation 4 Optional Software Description 4 1 EasyStat 4 1 a Installation 4 1 b Description 4 1 c Usage 4 2 NanoSec Converter 4 2 a Installation 4 2 b How to use it 4 3 ProfiTAP User SetUp 4 3 1 Installation 4 3 2 Usage 5 Additional Informations 1 rr inn 5 1 System requirements 5 2 Technical and electrical features 10 11 12 12 12 13 16 16 16 18 18 19 22 22 22 1 General Information The ProfiTAP is a straight forward solution In Line it sees and monitors all 7 protocol layers It captures and aggregates Full Duplex traffic at Wire Speed 200Mb It requires only one USB 2 0 480Mb port It is a cost effective ultra compact easy to use solution The hardware setup takes less than a minute This new Test Access Port TAP generation brings the main advantage to highly simplify necessary connections and is open to be used wit
7. a PC MAC USB2 0 port the Power LED lights The cable length should not exceed 5mtr If you purchased the ProfiTAP T NanoSec or TF Filter while plugging the USB cable the CRC LEDs should light for approximately one second to show what is your ProfiTAP factory configuration Right LED lightning indicates whether filter setup is available or not Left LED lightning indicates whether timestamp is enabled or not d Install the driver Install the driver according to your Operating System The current available drivers are located on the USB key at the driver section or within your installa tion directory on your hard disk Supported O S are Windows ME 98 CE 5 0 Windows XP 2000 Vista 32 bit and 64 bit Windows 7 32 bit and 64 bit MAC OS X 32 bit 64 bit x86 PowerPC Linux kernel 2 6 0 2 6 13 Linux kernel 2 6 14 2 6 22 Please check the latest driver released for your Operating System in the User Section at www profitap com You need to be a registered User to access this area Registering is free and will let you participate on ongoing product im provements e Setup the TAP Network Card After the installation ProfiTAP presents itself as a virtual Network Interface Card NIC to your Operating System and to any Analyzer The below settings are internal only no external effect nor are those settings presented or exposed to the monitored link In any case we recommend to set an IP address The installed TAP driver as
8. ant to specify To finalize your filter select whether you want the address or protocol you entered to be used for discard or keep Keep Filter_ results in ProfiTAP only pass the traffic mat ching your filter settings up to your Analyzer Discard Filter is the opposite effect ProfiTAP will sur press all traffic matching your settings and pass all other traffic up to the Analyzer Initializing the Filter to ProfiT AP Before sending the settings to ProfiTAP pressing send config button make your decision to use this filter to be permanently or temporary available Checkbox Permanent setup In case of permanent is your selection the configuration is stored in a non volatile memory and is being kept during power off Without selecting this checkbox your settings are cleared at power off on Additional features Clear config by clicking on this button the actual configuration of ProfiTAP will be cleared back to default Check factory option a click on that button will indicates through the CRC LEDs of ProfiTAP which option s is are implemented Right LED lightning indicates whether filter setup corresponding software ProfiTAP User SetUp is available or not Left LED lightning indicates whether timestamp corresponding software NanoSec Converter is available or not 5 Additional informations 5 1 System requirements To achieve maximum performance and to avoid potential packet loss
9. ated MAC amp IP Adress of ProfiTAP is internal use only TAP to EasyStat amp this Application and are not presented exposed to your LAN Buttons Checkboxes There sre several sections which must be configured all in one step All settings can be stored for permanent or only for temporary use Enable enable the feature Permanent Setup set function to be v As shown above there are four configurable options settings available CRC error filter CRC32 remover TimeStamp enable disable MAC IPv4 adress amp protocol filter a CRC error filter deactivated by default You may decide not to keep packets corrupted by a CRC error Select the checkbox Enable CRC error filter to exclude those packets upstream to the Analyzer during your analysis b CRC32 remover deactivated by default You may consider CRC32 bytes to be useless This option allows the TAP to truncate this information from your frames Please keep in mind that since ProfiTAP natively keeps packets containing CRC errors all of the erro neous packets will be treated like fair ones c Timestamp enable disable activated by default ProfiTAP adds a timestamp field to each packet seen on the monitored link see chapter 4 2 To disable this option deselect the Enable Timestamps checkbox Note Disable this feature will result in a traditional recording of packets during capture without 5nS time
10. ction 4 1 a The Stat Mode uses the TAP exclusive by default For using the native Tap Mode for Analyzer purposes toggle between Modes by selecting the check box Stat or TAP Mode Note In some systems the jar extension is associated to a different pro gram e g Winrar or Nokia s Cellphone applications In this case EasyStat will be opened instead of being executed Occasionally an undefined error may occur Correct this by deassociating the JAVA extension in your configu ration setting c Usage EasyStat provides several ways to display informations about traffic statistics The following pages give an overview about all the options Counters 15 ProfiTAP EasyStat v1 2 3 JOE Help Setup Counters Graphs Meters Log Oi Rx Stream Tx Stream Total is Diff Total Ts mm stat Mode lorc errors Ps EK Se e Max Bandwidth Total 142 362 3 027 100 00 142 362 378 712 5 999 100 00 378 712 100Mbps wl 64 127 16 205 3 027 11 38 16 205 1 192 6 031 1 192 128 255 396 H 028 396 785 130 021 785 Graph 286 511 119 H 0 08 119 13 H 0 03 113 Started 512 1023 zat o os 24 140 0 oo 140 1 1024 1518 12520 O om 125208 376351 ser sos 376351 Counters Undersized 1 H 0 00 1 1 H 0 00 1 Clear All Oversized H H 0 00 H H H 0 00 bh ae etsen 22 o oo 2 7 0 000 7 Jabber o o ooo o o 000 o Clear AI Rx MBytes 189 822 0 208 208 189 822 566 780 8 904 72 05 566 780 Clear Rx itt Clear AlTx C
11. ental or consequential including but not limited to damages for loss of goodwill loss of revenue or profit work stop page or malfunction Copyright This publication including all photographs and illustrations is protected under international copyright laws with all rights reserved Neither this manual nor any of the material contained herein may be reproduced without written consent of the author Trademarks The trademarks mentioned in this manual are the sole property of their own ers Rev 1 1 2009 2010 Comcraft CUSTOMER SUPPORT INFORMATION For technical information support Phone 33 388 101830 Fax 33 388 101835 Mail order COMCRAFT 2 rue de la Mairie 67203 Oberschaeffolsheim France Website www lan wan tap com E mail info lan wan tap com
12. h a larger number of Operating Systems i e Windows Mac OS and Linux The following pictures show the new way using ProfiTAP ProfiTAP cuts down the equipment needed for Network Analysis even NET NET SS BEFORE reducing the points of failure during Analysis only a Notebook and one ProfiTAP is needed The power is supplied by your monitoring equipment via USB2 0 connection no extra adaptor is required ProfiTAP is invisible to the network and does not interfere in auto negotiation speed or duplex settings The Permanent Network Link feature guarantees permanent network connectivity and no package loss also when power fails or the USB port is disconnected One LED shows Power two LEDs shows Link Activity two more show CRC Errors on monitored link ProfiTAP is designed to work with 3rd party software like Wireshark Ethereal Optiview Etherpeek etc The USB key holds the necessary drivers and powerful analysis software Due to the design of ProfiTAP unlike ordinary NIC s it passes the information about MAC Level faults like CRC etc to the Analyzer There are several ways to indicate this kind of errors with ProfiTAP via LEDs on the frontpanel via the EasyStat or with the used Analyzer Finally ProfiTAP is declined under different versions depending on option chosen In fact we provide to our consumers the ability to lead their analysis as they wish Optional software is available to deal with your spec
13. ific needs such as EasyStat NanoSec Converter and ProfiTAP User SetUp In this manual you will find everything you need about how to install and use the product and its provided software 2 ProfiTAP Visual Description Port A RJ45 connected to the network Port B RJ45 connected to the network Two green LEDs to indicate whether a CRC error occurs Two green LEDs to indicate the activity on the network Green LED to give information about power supply status e g ightning LED device powered USB2 0 connector linked to your monitoring device i e a laptop computer 3 Installation 3 1 Hardware amp driver installation a Insert the USB key for copying the to an installation folder Note It is recommended to copy the contents to your hard disk first if there is no more other USB2 0 port available After copying you may disconnect the USB key and proceed Otherwise use the USB key for installation procedure and decide to connect ProfiTAP to a second USB2 0 port and remove USB key when finished USB CABLE To a PC MAC Tt T RJ45 UTP CABLES To the Network b Connect ProfiTAP to the network using Category 5 UTP cables Network Port A to DCE by straight Cable to DTE by cross over cable Network Port B to DTE by straight Cable to DCE by cross over cable The maximum distance between any of the connected devices is 90mtr c Connect the USB port Connect the USB port to
14. information appendix d MAC IPv4 adress amp protocol filter empty by default Due its nature a standard TAP is transparent and forwards all packets seen without any restrictions upstream to your Analyzer Setting up this Filters allow to control the monitorer dataflow upstream to your Analyzer by a range of MAC IPv4 adresses and or protocol type to keep or to discard General The filters are straight solutions There is only one Filter active at a time The most important decison has to be made by defining the way the filter should work creating an excluding or including filter see next page You may combine all filter options to one filter i e Ethertype plus one MAC Adress plus IP Range Ethernet MAC Source address XX XX XX XX XX XX Ethernet MAC Destination address XX XX XX XX XX XX Ethernet Type XXXX About Ethernet MAC area Replace XX XX with a full or a partial hexadecimal MAC address in order to either select one specific or a range of source and or destination addresses Note You need to enter a pair number of bytes e g 45 F0 01 XX XX XX In case of a wrong entry the related field will be indicate in red About IPv4 area Enter one or a part of a source and or a destination decimal IPv4 address you want to keep or discard You may also configure to filter to a certain protocol IPv4 Protocol XX IPv4 Source Address IPv4 Destination Address b k le Leave the field s empty you don t w
15. lear Tx itt Los Clear Log J The picture on the prior page shows the set of counters and informations available for the monitored transmitted TX and received RX lines ProfiTAP counts the following events CRC error size bracket of frames undersized and oversized frames collisions and jabbers Furthermore the lower row gives the total of bytes seen In addition to above counters informations about average value per second percentage and differential are provided Every single column can be cleared by clicking on the buttons to the left of the window Graphs Counters Graphs Meters Log RX Stream plot of packet sl Cre errors VV Undersized sl Oversized v Collision v Jabber 09 33 TX Stream 0 95 plot of total 0 30 0 25 v Cre errors 0 20 Vv Undersized 0 15 V Oversized 0 10 nS Kl Collision 0 00 v Jabber This screenshot shows a different way to display informations Select via checkboxes on the right to monitor the kind of events you want track in real time on the graphs It is also possible to either display the events on percentage in total or by number of packets You may zoom in by drawing an area with the cursor starting with the top left corner to the bottom right corner of the selection box To cancel the zoom just perform anothe
16. or malfunctions the mininum required configuration should be USB2 0 Port Dual Core Processor 1GB Memory 5 2 Technical and electrical features Power consumption 5V 300mA Operating Temperature 0 50 C Storage Temperature 40 120 C Relative humidity 10 to 95 no condensing Product dimensions HxWxL 24 x 55 x 102 mm Compliance RoHS CE FCC class A Disclaimer The information in this document is subject to change without notice The manufacturer makes no representations or warranties with respect to the contents hereof and specifically disclaims any implied warranties of merchant ability or fitness for any particular purpose The manufacturer reserves the right to revise this publication and to make changes in the content hereof without obligation of the manufacturer to notify any person of such revision or changes Warranty and Liability Comcraft warrants that this product is free from defects in material and work manship at time of shipment The warranty period is three years from the date of purchase Comcraft assumes no liability for products that have been subjected to abuse modification misuse or if the model or serial number has been altered tampered with defaced or removed Comcraft is not liable under any contract negligence strict liability or other legal or equitable theory for any loss of use of the product inconvenience or damages of any charac ter whether direct special incid
17. r selection now starting now with the bottom right corner to the top left corner Meters counters Grana We La Rx Stream Tx Stream Bandwidth utilization Bandwidth utilization wi d N x EI KI e Ze a m 3 4 w 2 245 77 388 Total Average Bandwidth utilization Total Average Bandwidth utilization 4 uni 15 Total Average CRC Error Total Average CRC Error 0 11 0 03 This view use meters and gauges in order to display the average bandwidth utilization and CRC error occurances The values are percentage of the total of seen packets on the monitored TX and RX lines Log Counters Graphs Meters Log Rx Stream Tx Stream Bandwidth gt El Bandwidth gt Mi creerrors gt 0013 M creerors gt 02 24 09 09 31 06 AM Tx Bandwidth utilization gt 80 00 99 84 02 24 09 09 31 14 AM Tx Bandwidth utilization 80 00 99 84 02 24 09 09 31 21 AM Tx Bandwidth utilization gt 80 00 99 84 02 24 09 09 31 27 AM Tx Bandwidth utilization gt 80 00 99 84 02 24 09 09 31 44 AM Rx Bandwidth utilization 80 00 83 10 02 24 09 09 31 58 AM Rx Bandwidth utilization gt 80 00 80 94 02 24 09 09 34 39 AM Rx Cre error packets gt 0 01 0 16 02 24 09 09 34 41 AM Rx Bandwidth utilization 80 00 99 84 This tab offers setting up thresholds for bandwidth traffic and CRC error and to write an event into a log if the values
18. ted Analyzers at the User Section of www profitap com Make sure to use the latest available version if any problem occurs with ProfiTAP Remember Winpcap to be installed The easiest way to identify the presence is to see that ProfiTAP is connected while opening the Easy Stat Program If Winpcap is not active the ProfiTAP indicates ProfiTAP not found in the lower left corner of the EasyStat Window 4 Optional Software Description On the front panel of ProfiTap you will find the exact edition version of the purchased unit This chapter is about the corresponding optional software 4 1 EasyStat model C1AP 100 S a Installation Using the EasyStat requires the installation of a Java based application located on the USB key or in your prior chosen installation folder on your local hard disk Locate the folder EasyStat on USB key or at your installation directory on the hard disk Copy the folder EasyStat with its subdirectories to a location on your hard disk If you downloaded the latest version from the website unzip the downloaded file EasyStat zip or rar to the selected folder You may create a shortcut on your desktop to have EasyStat in one click available Note The EasyStat requires Java Runtime Environment installed on your PC This basic program is provided also on the USB key In addtion Java Runtime is available as free download for various Operating systems at www java com We recommend to
19. under section d is represented as a Network Interface Card NIC to your Operating System Configure the IP Protocol Stack IP address 192 168 0 1 Submask 255 0 0 0 Note Gateway or DNS settings must be undefined f Setting up Winpcap Winpcap is required to communicate in the background with ProfiTap If you are using Wireshark this is part of the Auto Install for this Analyzer Winpcap must be installed manually if any other Analyzer is chosen Verify the presence on your computer if not please use provided version from instal lation folder on USB Key ProfiTAP is now ready to use with your Analyzer or with EasyStat 3 2 Analyzer installation To perform analysis you can use either any of the supported Analyzer or the powerful Wireshark provided on the USB key a Selecting ProfiTAP as source for your Analyzer Start your preferred Analyzer and select the new virtual device showing up at the select NIC window Refer to your Analyzer s manual or the User Help about how to select a Network Interface Card b Using alternative Wireshark Ethereal As an option you may install an alternate Analyzer i e the one provided on the USB key or even from any other source Notes Always follow the specific instructions as indicated by the installation wizard of the chosen Analyzer In addition perform step a to enable ProfiTAP to be the selected resource for Analysis Verify the listing on our website regarding suppor
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