Gearbit announces new releases for its award-winning 10Gbps gearbox protocol analyzer line

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Cost effective 1, 10, 20, 40 Gigabit (1Gbps, 10Gbps, 20Gbps, 40Gbps), stream to disk data recorder-packet analyzer and does critical network analysis at the packet level, allowing quicker identification of the root cause. Plowing through the “needle in the hay stack” to speed your analysis in identifying the issue at hand.

AUSTIN, Texas – January 7, 2012 – Gearbit, a comprehensive network tools and service company, today announced the release of high performance network capture of its award-winning gearbox protocol analyzer product line. Gearbox is a cost effective network solution of protocol analyzers equipped with a intelligent network adapters, can capture, analyze and transmit in real-time at speeds from 1 to 40 Gbps, at zero packet loss. The packet engine can then inspect packets in the network stream, examining it for potential issues, and provides detailed anomaly alarms. The notification anomaly log entry can be maintained for the proper analyst, or forwarded to a central depository sys-log server for event management.

The new protocol analyzer models features intelligent network adapters can capture, analyze, stream to disk, and transmit in real-time at speeds from 1 to 40 Gbps (Gigabit), at zero packet loss no matter the packet size and controller from a Web interface for immediate access.

“Our customers tell us the gearbox protocol analyzer has been a huge help to network analysts needing deep packet inspection for potential issues and predefined anomalies,” said Ray Tompkins, founder of gearbit. “These new protocol analyzer models will provide additional flexibility for networking professionals, allowing them to customize a network analysis solution for their specific technical and financial needs.”

Unique Needs

Not all networks are alike, each having their own unique design, network equipment and applications. Even the way a network is deployed varies, making the protocol analyzing equipment and software crucial for managing the needs and uses of each one. As network advancements continue, including moving most network applications to the cloud, design changes can require more processing to be done either at the client end or within the cloud itself.

Products	Interface Type	Capture Ports	Description	Height	AC Input	Drive Bays	Bays	HD
1 Gig Products
GB-1100	RJ45	1X1 Gig Capture	Small office , capture stream to disk	1.7″ (43mm)	100-240 V, 50-60 Hz	single enclosed	1	1 TB
GB-2100	RJ45 or SFP SR/LR	1X1 Gig Capture	Enterprise 1Gbps, full line rate capture, stream to disk	1.7″ (43mm)	100-240 V, 50-60 Hz	single enclosed	1	2 TB
GB-2200-4	RJ45 or SFP SR/LR	4X1 Gig Capture	Enterprise 4x1Gbps, full line rate capture, stream to disk	1.7″ (43mm)	100-240 V, 50-60 Hz	Hot-swap	4	8 TB

10 Gig Products
GB-2210	SFP+ SR/LR/ER/CR	4X10 Gig Capture	Enterprise 4-10 Gbps with up to 32 TB Hard Drive capacity	5.2″ (132mm)	100-240 V, 50-60 Hz	Hot-swap	16	32 TB
20 Gig Products
GB-2220	SFP+ SR/LR/ER/CR	2X10 Gig Capture	Enterprise 20 Gbps with up to 32 TB Hard Drive capacity	7″ (178mm)	100-240 V, 50-60 Hz	Hot-swap	24	32 TB
40 Gig Products
GB-2240	QSFP+	1X40 Gig Capture	Enterprise 40 Gbps with up to 32 TB Hard Drive capacity	7″ (178mm)	100-240 V, 50-60 Hz	Hot-swap	24	32 TB

Key Protocol Analyzer Items

Web interface can view from any web client, iphone, adriod, tablet, PC or MAC
anomalies the ability to find any bit pattern
alerts can be sent as an alarm
quick notification
gigabit line rate
10 gigabit line rate on the 10 Gig units
proactive analysis
expert decode alarms
seven layer OSI layer monitoring and alerting

Protocol Analyzer Availability

The complete line of gearbox protocol analyzers is now available to order.

About gearbit

Gearbit is a comprehensive network management company that provides innovative networking products, services and training for use in today’s complex networking environments. Gearbit is a privately held company with headquarters in Austin, Texas.

Protocol Analyzer Gearbox 2210 – Dual 10Gbps (2X10 Gigabit) Capture

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Cost effective 10Gbps models do high speed data capture and critical network analysis at the packet level, allowing improved network analysis.

GB-2210 – same features as the GB-2200 but includes dual 10Gbps (2×10 Gigabit) Ethernet cards providing 20Gbps (20 Gigabit) throughput with up to 32TB hard drive capacity

Protocol Analyzer Gearbox 1100 small office 1Gbps capture interface & 1TB HD

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Cost effective model do critical network analysis at the packet level, allowing improved network analysis

GB-1100 1Gig capture interface - small office class device with a 1 TB hard drive, a 1 Gbps capture interface and stream-to-disk rate.

Protocol Analyzer Gearbox 2200, 4 interfaces at 1Gbps, up to 8TB HD

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The GB-2200-4 is a cost effective enterprise model conducting critical network analysis at the packet level, allowing improved network analysis

GB-2200-4 contains 4-1Gbps (Gigabit) capture interfaces enterprise class, full line rate capture, steam to disk, without any packet loss. With up to 8TB hard drive capacity.

Gearbox IDS/IPS Security Appliance

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Security Services-Deep Packet Inspection

The gearbox system provides intelligent, dynamic network security products that adapt to real-time threats and changes, allowing you to fully protect your network before, during, and after an attack. gearbit also offers open source Snort®, the de facto standard in intrusion prevention, one of the most commonly used anti-malware products in the world.

Protocol anomaly detection and analysis

Packet content searching/matching
Detects a variety of attacks, probes, buffer overflows, stealth port scans, CGI attacks, SMB probes, OS fingerprinting attempts, and much more.
Uses a flexible rules language to describe traffic that it should collect or pass

Utilizes a detection engine with a modular plug-in architecture to optimize performance

Sort network traffic according to many protocols
Show network traffic sorted by various criteria
Display traffic statistics
Store on disk persistent traffic statistics in RRD format
Identify the identity (e.g. email address) of computer users
Passively (i.e. without sending probe packets) identify the host OS
Show IP traffic distribution among various protocols
Analyze IP traffic
Display IP Traffic Subnet matrix
Report IP protocol usage sorted by protocol

Act as a NetFlow/sFlow collector for flows generated by routers (e.g. Cisco and Juniper)

The gearbox allows you to:

Monitor your network with the latest monitoring software
Proactively analyze and catch any problems before they affect the users
Transfer knowledge-work with your IT staff to provide continuing education and support
Expertly assess your networking needs and continue to evaluate and improve your networks performance

The gearbox is equipped with a packet engine that inspects every packet for potential issues and provides accurate, detailed alarms defining the problem.

The gearbox also includes a select group of automated intelligence tools that are tuned and configured for optimal effectiveness in locating network issues.

Automated expert analysis
Problem identification
I/O statistics
Traffic analysis and performance
Seven layer protocol monitoring, (DNS, Mail, Microsoft, SQL, Samba, VoIP, Web Protocols)
Knowledge transfer

TRAINING

Our goal is to provide knowledge transfer and a detailed view of protocols and how they flow through the network. The goal of this course is to empower the analyst with advanced troubleshooting techniques. This view through an analyzer reveals the true state of the network and the engineering that supports popular technology. Key concepts covered include:

A review of packet traces that have problems at various layers of the OSI
Proper client and server configurations
Application analysis accurately measuring response time
Performance effectiveness
How to report the results

SUPPORT

We provide superior support from knowledgeable network analysts with real world experience in finding and solving network issues. The end result is a cost effective network monitoring solution

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Remote Services

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We Do The Heavy Lifting So You Don’t Have To

As with many organizations, your revenues may be down but network demands remain the same. You may have been asked to do more with less, which means you are down to the bare minimum. Your equipment requisition has been denied but the attacks keep coming. Who are you going to call?

Gearbit has a dedicated staff of senior network analysts with 100+ combined years of experience in advanced analysis, complex troubleshooting, protocol analysis and defining normal and abnormal system traffic. We specialize in remote networking monitoring plus we provide a variety of other networking services. Whatever your network needs may be, gearbit has the solution. Our goal is to help you do more with less by providing professional support services through knowledge transfer and education of network protocols with emphasis on making your network traffic run efficiently and effectively. The ultimate benefit is the elimination of down time and improved performance while staying within budget requirements.

Key Services:

Remote Monitoring – gear up your network with the latest monitoring equipment
Proactive analysis – catch problems before they affect your users
Expert Assessment – evaluate and improve your networks performance
I/O Statistics, Traffic Analysis
Seven Layer Protocol Monitoring (Voice, WEB, SQL, SMTP, Microsoft)
Performance Measurement
Knowledge Transfer – working with your IT staff, continuing education
Expert Assessment – continuing to evaluate and improve your networks performance

We provide superior support from knowledgeable network analysts with real world experience in identifying and solving network issues. The end result is a cost effective network monitoring solution.

Network Training

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Network Analysis Training with the Wireshark Analyzer

The goal of this course is to empower the analyst with advanced trouble shooting techniques. You will gain a detailed view of protocols, and how they flow through the network. This analysis will lead you to direct answers of where the problems lie and precise concrete evidence of what needs to be addressed.

This analytical view that you gain, reveals the engineering behind each technology and a fast direct approach to correcting the problem. This courses equips you to accurately address the issue and engage the proper resources to resolve the problem.

Protocol Analysis Key course concepts:

Review packet traces that have problems at various layers of the OSI
Client and server misconfigurations
Application analysis
TCP in-depth view, sequencing, ACK responses, and throughput
Accurately measuring throughput
What effects performance
Analyzing and solving problems within
VoIP infrastructure
Quality of services considerations
Voice over IP protocols with case studies
VoIP over IP transport
Examine H.323, Q.931 and H.225.0.
Inspect call set up and investigate the working of RTP and RTCP
Tactical approach to problem solving with an analyzer
How to build reports (sample reports)

About the instructor: Ray Tompkins, a Senior Network Specialist with over 30 years experience in troubleshooting, design, and implementation. His background includes 911 emergency consulting, and identifying the root cause of critical network problems. His knowledge of network protocols (LAN, VoIP, WAN and WLAN) and how they work within the enterprise networks are the key in providing customer service and education.  Sharkfest Wireshark Developers and Users Conference, Stanford University;  Presenter Ray Tompkins.

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