A 10GE monitoring system
Hacking a 10 Gigabit Intrusion detection and prevention system into a network troubleshooting tool.
Capturing network packets is a valuable technique for troubleshooting network problems. Capturing at network speeds less, or up to one gigabit per second is feasible with a fast general purpose computer hardware.
But that hardware is to slow for Ten gigabit per second ethernet (10GE). Hence, special hardware is required.
This topic describes the modification of a commercially available 10GE networks security system, into a network analyser.