User's Manual Part 4

Release8OperationsGuide
Issue2,November2007 Draft5forRegulatoryReview 465
15. Ensure that the Interface field reflects the network interface card (NIC) that is
used on the protocol analyzer laptop computer.
NOTE: Although you can select filters based on specific types of traffic, all values
are defaults in this example.
16. If you wish to select filters, select them now.
17. Click OK.
RESULT: The Ethereal Capture window opens, as shown in
Figure 175.
Figure 175: Ethereal Capture window
NOTE: This window graphically displays the types of packets (by percentage)
that are being captured.
18. If all packet types are displayed with 0%, either
launch your Web browser on the subscriber PC for the IP address of the SM
ping the SM from the home PC.
19. If still all packet types are displayed with 0% (meaning that no traffic is being
captured), reconfigure IP addressing until you can successfully see traffic
captured on the laptop computer.
20. Whenever the desired number of packets have been captured, click Stop.
RESULT: When you stop the packet capture, the <capture> - Ethereal window
opens, as shown in
Figure 176.
end of procedure