User`s guide

Protocol Analyzer
Running Protocol Analyzer
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Figure 71 Protocol Analyzer Base Window
Base window menus,
summarized below
Click START to begin
packet capture for the
current instance
Status area gives
information about
current instance
Click STOP to end
packet capture for the
current instance
Current 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 and settings
and load the defaults, and display the
error log.
View Menu lets you spawn a view 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 instances: Set up 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.