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Selecting Packets in the Decode Tab
EARLY FIELD TRIAL Chapter 8
170 Sniffer Adaptive Application Analyzer
You can select individual packets or a group of packets in the summary
pane. Selecting packets allows you to mark key packets that are of
interest to you, so that you can view and use them more easily. You can:
Save the selected packets to a file (Display > Save Selected).
Treat the selected packets as bookmarks, and use F2 to advance
from one selected packet to the next.
Using the Decode Tab Toolbar
The Decode tab provides a toolbar at the top of the window with
shortcuts to useful functionality (Figure 8-4). Each of the buttons in the
toolbar is described in the table that follows.
Figure 8-4. Decode Tab Toolbar
Table 8-5. Decode Tab Toolbar Buttons
Button Title Description
Two Station Format Toggles the two-station format on and off. The
two-station format splits the display into left
and right panes, showing traffic between two
stations. See Display Setup > General Options
on page 192 for details.
Show/Hide All Layers Toggles the Show All Layers option on and off.
If enabled, the Summary pane shows one line
for each protocol level contained in a frame. If
disabled, only one line (for the highest enabled
protocol level) is shown.
Display Setup Displays the Display Setup dialog box. See
Setting Display Setup Options on page 191.
Automatic Filter Type
Selection
Use this dropdown to specify which information
in the currently selected packet should be used
to automatically populate the Define Filter
dialog box’s fields when you click the Define
Display Filter or Add to Last Filter button.
You can populate based on source/destination
IP addresses, ports, and MAC addresses.
See Using Automatic Display Filters on page
174.