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Can I use a full-duplex nTAP to provide visibility into a half-duplex connection?

April 26, 2017connection full-duplex half-duplex ntap Visibility

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Can I use a full-duplex nTAP to provide visibility into a half-duplex connection?

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Yes, as long as your monitoring device is equipped with a dual-receive capture card. An nTAP sends copies of the TX and RX of a half-duplex signal out through separate “send” ports to the monitoring device. If your monitoring device is equipped with a dual-receive capture card, you will be able to view both streams of data. However, if your monitoring device is equipped with only one receive port, it will only be able to view one stream of data at a time.