Networking

Network TAP and Packet Broker Design

Network Design diagram · made in Skemio

Network diagram showing Internet traffic passing through an edge router and core switch via passive optical taps, routed through a packet broker to an NDR engine.
Network diagram showing Internet traffic passing through an edge router and core switch via passive optical taps, routed through a packet broker to an NDR engine.
Open it in SkemioMake your own

What it shows

  • Passive optical splitters duplicate light directly without CPU overhead.
  • Network packet brokers aggregate, deduplicate, and filter before tools.
  • Zero latency injection and zero inline failure risk for security stacks.

The takeaway

Tap passively at the physical layer to feed NDR and security tools without degrading production traffic.

More network design diagrams