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EARLY FIELD TRIAL
Other Navigation Panel Tasks
Working with the Quick Select Window
The Navigation Panel provides access to additional features via rightclick
context menus.
Right-click the local PC’s entry in the Navigation panel to access the
following commands:
Configure Connection lets you specify how the local PC should
appear in the Navigation Panel. You can use the system name, the
IP address (loopback), or a custom name. Note that this option is
only available before you connect to the local agent. Refer to
Setting Connection Tab Options on page 245 for details.
Connect opens the local agent and displays its network interfaces.
Right-click a network interface in the Navigation panel to access the
following commands:
Open/Close starts/stops monitoring on the selected interface.
Apply Source Filter opens a dialog box in which you can select (or
create) a filter to be used as a source filter. Packets removed by a
source filter are remove at the source and are not available for
either monitoring or capture. Refer to Applying Source Filters on
page 134 for details.
Reset Buffer empties the current capture buffer, removing all
stored packet data and session metadata.
Introducing the Graph Panel
The Graph panel displays time indicators at the top and bottom of the
window that provide useful information about the data stream displayed
in the work space. The figure below indicates where the time indicators
are located in the Graph panel.
The Start and End (a) times represent the location of the left and
right edges of the graph window. Use the horizontal scroll bar to
move the window to another location within the stream.
The Data Start and Data End (b) times represent the start and
end of the stream. The length of the data stream is the Duration.
The Selected (c) value represents the number of packets and
bytes in the current time selection. If checkbox selections are made
on the Statistics panel, the Selected (c) value reflects data from
the checked selections only.
NOTE: The Selected value is an accurate depiction of the total
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