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KUNBUS Ethernet Test Access Point TAP-2100
The TAP 2100 can also be used without a plugin or another Ethernet analysis program.
However, the 20 byte supplemental information attached by TAP 2100 to the Ethernet
package cannot be decoded. Furthermore, it may happen that a packet is displayed as
faulty, although it just cannot be fully decoded because of the suppl
3.2
Operation with Wireshark
3.2.1 Wireshark principles
Wireshark is a free and very popular analysis program for network communication
connections, and was previously known as Ethereal. The designation Wireshark is
composed of the words wire and shark. Wireshark is a so-called Network Sniffer, or a
Network stumbler software.
The tool, known also as data logger software, provides the opportunity to map the
data traf
fi
c of an interface (generally Ethernet TCP/IP) after or while capturing a data
packet. A clear, simpli
fi
ed data analysis is provided that can easily be understood from
the user side. This way there is an opportunity to examine individually captured data
packets, or to sort by speci
fi
c contents. In addition to extracting for example images
(binary content), Wireshark can also process and prepare clear data
fl
ow statistics.
WinPcap allows transparent recording from the respective data traf
fi
c under Microsoft
Windows. Wireshark works on almost all platforms:
• Windows
• Mac OS X
• AIX
• BSD
• Linux
• Solaris
Merely a network card and TAP 2100 are necessary to use Wireshark.
3.2.2 Wireshark installation
As mentioned above, Wireshark can be used on nearly all current systems. However, at
the moment a plugin is only offered for Windows to display the TAP-2100 supplemental
information. For further questions, please contact our sales department.
If Wireshark is already installed, the Wireshark plugin DLL will only need to be
downloaded from the KUNBUS website and copied to the Wireshark plugin directory,
e.g. C:\Programs\Wireshark\plugin\1.10.2. Use
fi
le tap32_1.10.2.dll or tap64_1.10.2.dll,
depending on use of the 32 or the 64 bit Wireshark version.
