Technical Blog

  • The ERSPAN Past and Present of Mylinking™ Network Visibility

    The ERSPAN Past and Present of Mylinking™ Network Visibility

    The most common tool for network monitoring and troubleshooting today is Switch Port Analyzer (SPAN), also known as Port mirroring. It allows us to monitor network traffic in bypass out of band mode without interfering with services on the live network, and sends a copy ...
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  • Why Do I Need a Network Packet Broker to Optimize My Network?

    Why Do I Need a Network Packet Broker to Optimize My Network?

    Network Packet Broker (NPB) is a switch like networking device that ranges in size from portable devices to 1U and 2U unit cases to large cases and board systems. Unlike a switch, the NPB does not change the traffic that flows through it in any way unless explicitly inst...
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  • Dangers Inside: What’s Hidden in Your Network?

    Dangers Inside: What’s Hidden in Your Network?

    How shocking would it be to learn that a dangerous intruder has been hiding in your home for six months? Worse, you only know after your neighbors tell you. What? Not only is it scary, it's not just a little creepy. Hard to even imagine. However, this is exactly what hap...
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  • What’s the Powerful Features and Functions of Network Taps?

    What’s the Powerful Features and Functions of Network Taps?

    A Network TAP(Test Access Points) is a hardware device for capture, accessing, and analyzing big data that can be applied to backbone networks, mobile core networks, main networks, and IDC networks. It can be used for link traffic capture, replication, aggregation, filte...
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  • How to Capture Network Traffic?  Network Tap vs Port Mirror

    How to Capture Network Traffic? Network Tap vs Port Mirror

    In order to analyze the network traffic, it is necessary to send the network packet to NTOP/NPROBE or Out-of-band Network Security and Monitoring Tools. There are two solutions to this problem: Port Mirroring (also known as SPAN) Network Tap (also known as Replication Ta...
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  • What do you need to know about the Network Security?

    What do you need to know about the Network Security?

    Network Packet Broker devices process Network traffic so that other monitoring devices, such as those dedicated to Network performance monitoring and security-related monitoring, can operate more efficiently. Features include packet filtering to identify risk levels, pac...
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  • What Problems can be Solved by Network Packet Broker?

    What Problems can be Solved by Network Packet Broker?

    What common problems can be solved by Network Packet Broker? We've covered these capabilities and, in the process, some of NPB's potential applications. Now let's focus on the most common pain points that NPB addresses. You need the Network Packet Broker where your netwo...
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  • What is the Network Packet Broker and Functions in IT Infrastructure?

    What is the Network Packet Broker and Functions in IT Infrastructure?

    Network Packet Broker (NPB) is a switch like networking device that ranges in size from portable devices to 1U and 2U unit cases to large cases and board systems. Unlike a switch, the NPB does not change the traffic that flows through it in any way unless explicitly inst...
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  • Why does your Security Tool need to use Inline Bypass to protect your link?

    Why does your Security Tool need to use Inline Bypass to protect your link?

    Why need the Mylinking™ Inline Bypass Switch to protect your links and inline tools? Mylinking™ Inline Bypass Switch is also known as Inline Bypass Tap, it is a inline links protection device to detect the failures which comes from your links while tool breaks down, the...
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  • What’s the Bypass function of Network Security Device?

    What’s the Bypass function of Network Security Device?

    What is the Bypass? The Network Security Equipment is commonly used in between two or more networks, such as between internal network and external network. The Network Security Equipment through its network packet analysis, to determine whether there is a threat, after p...
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  • What does Network Packet Broker(NPB) do for you?

    What does Network Packet Broker(NPB) do for you?

    What is Network Packet Broker? Network Packet Broker referred to as “NPB” is a device that Capture, Replicate and Aggreate the inline or out of band Network Data Traffic without Packet Loss as “Packet Broker”, manage and deliver the Right Packet to Right Tools like IDS, AMP, NPM...
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  • What can the Intelligent Network Inline Bypass Switch do for you?

    What can the Intelligent Network Inline Bypass Switch do for you?

    1- What’s the Define Heartbeat Packet? The heartbeat packets of Mylinking™ Network Tap Bypass Switch default to Ethernet Layer 2 frames. When deploying transparent Layer 2 bridging mode (such as IPS / FW), Layer 2 Ethernet frames are normally forwarded, blocked or discarded. At the same ti...
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