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Packet Capture Mode 53
Decode and Analysis – Summary View
Summary View gives summary information on the packets contained in the capture,
whether it is a live capture or a .BFR file being examined. To go to the Summary view,
click on the “Summary” navigation tab at the bottom of the Decode and Analysis
window.
In Summary View, the Decode and Analysis window contains a browsable tree of
Capture Attributes, Size Distribution, and Errors and Protocols. Additional branches
may be available depending on the type of network being analyzed (Wireless Data
Rates are summarized, for example).
Decode and Analysis – Protocols View
Decode and Analysis Protocols View is similar in appearance and function to Protocol
Distribution Statistics mode. The difference between Decode and Analysis Protocols
view and Protocol Distribution Statistics mode is that the display is static (reflecting the
distribution of protocols in the capture buffer) rather than, as with Protocol Distribution
Statistics mode, dynamic (reflecting an ongoing, updated distribution of what is
happening on the monitored segment).
While the numerical display in Protocol Distribution Statistics mode is updated as
Observer receives new data, in Protocols View in Decode and Analysis, the display will
only change when a new capture is loaded into the buffer, or a new filter is applied to
the present capture.
To view Decode and Analysis – Protocols View, click on the “Protocols” navigation tab
at the bottom of the Decode and Analysis window.
Capture
Attributes
Size
Errors
Navigation
tabs
Protocols
Distribution