WAN Probe Kit Quick Installation Diagrams

Follow the diagrammed steps below to install the WAN Probe Kit. More detailed NIC and software installation instructions follow in this Guide.

Digital T1/E1 TAP Quick Installation Diagram (2-Port1)

The diagram below shows the WAN Probe Kit as it would be cabled to analyze a digital T1/E1 link with a Channel Service Unit/Data Service Unit (CSU/DSU). For a DS3/E3 and Serial T1 cabling diagrams, see the following pages.

1Install the interface cards, drivers, and cabling.

WAN

Connect Interface

Card

card to TAP with

 

 

Interface cable.

10/100

NIC

A

 

 

 

 

 

T1

 

 

 

 

 

 

TAP

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TAP sockets

 

 

 

 

 

 

and cable

 

 

 

 

 

 

are

 

 

 

 

 

 

provided for

 

 

 

 

 

 

analyzing a

TX

LINK 1

RX

TX

LINK 2

RX

2nd load-

MONITOR

MONITOR

MONITOR

MONITOR

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

balanced

 

IN

OUT

IN

 

OUT

line, if

 

 

necessary.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Probe

Service

Installed

2Install the Network Instruments Probe software.

 

Use the

 

supplied T1

Use the supplied

cable to

10/100 cable to

complete the

connect the Probe

passthrough

to a TCP/IP LAN

Link back to the

with an Observer

T1 Line.

system attached.

 

 

CSU/DSU

T1 Line

 

(DTE)

 

(DCE)

 

 

 

 

Move the DCE

TCP/IP

 

connector from

 

the T1 line to

LAN

 

 

one of the IN

 

 

 

 

ports on the TAP.

Observer

From the Observer

Console

3 Console, the newly-

 

configured Probe will

 

now be available on

 

Observer’s Probe List.

1.The 4-Port version of this system has an additional PC interface card, and an additional TAP and cable kit. Connect the second TAP kit as shown in the diagram. Run NIWANCFG to define and name the links you want to monitor.

4WAN Probe Kit Quick Installation Diagrams