User Guide

Wireshark User's Guide
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5.4.1. The "Merge with Capture File" dialog box .................................................... 72
5.5. Import text file ................................................................................................... 73
5.5.1. The "File import" dialog box ...................................................................... 74
5.6. File Sets ............................................................................................................ 75
5.6.1. The "List Files" dialog box ........................................................................ 76
5.7. Exporting data .................................................................................................... 76
5.7.1. The "Export as Plain Text File" dialog box ................................................... 77
5.7.2. The "Export as PostScript File" dialog box .................................................... 79
5.7.3. The "Export as CSV (Comma Separated Values) File" dialog box ...................... 81
5.7.4. The "Export as C Arrays (packet bytes) file" dialog box ................................... 81
5.7.5. The "Export as PSML File" dialog box ........................................................ 81
5.7.6. The "Export as PDML File" dialog box ........................................................ 83
5.7.7. The "Export selected packet bytes" dialog box ............................................... 85
5.7.8. The "Export Objects" dialog box ................................................................. 87
5.8. Printing packets .................................................................................................. 88
5.8.1. The "Print" dialog box .............................................................................. 88
5.9. The Packet Range frame ...................................................................................... 89
5.10. The Packet Format frame ................................................................................... 89
6. Working with captured packets ........................................................................................ 91
6.1. Viewing packets you have captured ....................................................................... 91
6.2. Pop-up menus .................................................................................................... 92
6.2.1. Pop-up menu of the "Packet List" column header ........................................... 92
6.2.2. Pop-up menu of the "Packet List" pane ........................................................ 94
6.2.3. Pop-up menu of the "Packet Details" pane .................................................... 96
6.3. Filtering packets while viewing ............................................................................. 98
6.4. Building display filter expressions ......................................................................... 99
6.4.1. Display filter fields ................................................................................. 100
6.4.2. Comparing values ................................................................................... 100
6.4.3. Combining expressions ............................................................................ 101
6.4.4. A common mistake ................................................................................. 102
6.5. The "Filter Expression" dialog box ....................................................................... 103
6.6. Defining and saving filters .................................................................................. 104
6.7. Defining and saving filter macros ......................................................................... 106
6.8. Finding packets ................................................................................................. 106
6.8.1. The "Find Packet" dialog box ................................................................... 106
6.8.2. The "Find Next" command ....................................................................... 107
6.8.3. The "Find Previous" command .................................................................. 107
6.9. Go to a specific packet ...................................................................................... 107
6.9.1. The "Go Back" command ........................................................................ 107
6.9.2. The "Go Forward" command .................................................................... 107
6.9.3. The "Go to Packet" dialog box .................................................................. 107
6.9.4. The "Go to Corresponding Packet" command ............................................... 107
6.9.5. The "Go to First Packet" command ............................................................ 108
6.9.6. The "Go to Last Packet" command ............................................................ 108
6.10. Marking packets .............................................................................................. 108
6.11. Ignoring packets .............................................................................................. 108
6.12. Time display formats and time references ............................................................ 109
6.12.1. Packet time referencing .......................................................................... 109
7. Advanced Topics ......................................................................................................... 111
7.1. Introduction ..................................................................................................... 111
7.2. Following TCP streams ...................................................................................... 111
7.2.1. The "Follow TCP Stream" dialog box ......................................................... 111
7.3. Expert Infos ..................................................................................................... 112
7.3.1. Expert Info Entries ................................................................................. 113