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Protocol Analyzer—At a Glance
Figure 7 Protocol Analyzer: Base Window
Base window menus,
summarized below
Click START to begin
packet capture
Click STOP to end
packet capture
Status area gives
information about
current capture
instance
File Menu contains items to save
captured data to or load data from a file,
save filters and settings to a file or recall
them, clear current filters/settings and
load the defaults, and display the error
log.
View Menu lets you open a decode
window of captured packets showing
summary, detail, and hex information or
a Traffic Trend graph of packet match
counts.
Filter Menu contains items to specify a
filter for controlling which packets are
captured.
Settings Menu contains items to
configure the capture buffer and indicate
which network interface to monitor.
Instance Menu lets you create, attach
to, remove, and post-filter packet capture
instances.
Tools Menu lets you launch the Alarms
application against the current data
source.