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EARLY FIELD TRIAL
Introducing the Packet Decode Tab
Raw Capture Mode Postcapture Analysis
The Decode tab provides classic, line-by-line protocol interpretation of
captured packets. When you display mined packets or a capture
file,Sniffer Adaptive Application Analyzer interprets and decodes the
higher-level protocols within the captured packets using its protocol
interpreters. The Decode tab shows the results of this protocol analysis
in three color-coded viewing panes: summary, detail, and hex. Figure
8-3 shows a sample Decode display.
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Figure 8-3. Decode Tab
(a) Summary pane shows an overview of the packets captured in
line-by-line summarized format. Each summary line shows the
packet number for this capture period, packet status, source and
destination addresses, the protocol layer, a summary of key packet
information, packet length, relative time from the beginning of the
capture, delta time from the previous packet captured, and the
date and time. See Understanding Timestamps on page 166 for
more information.
Additionally, the Status column in the Summary pane shows the
letter associated with this stream in the Quick Select window’s
Navigation panel so you can quickly associate a packet with its
stream when working with merged data.
NOTE: The position and size of each column can be adjusted
by dragging the column title border with the mouse.
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