Sniffer® Portable Professional User's Guide - NetScout

Chapter 8
Displaying Captured Packets
158 Sniffer Portable Professional
Use the Display feature to decode and view the packets stored in the
capture buffer or in a capture file. The postcapture Display window
provides a variety of tabs ranging from proprietary Expert analysis to
classic tri-pane, line-by-line protocol decodes.
To display the contents of the capture buffer:
1 In the Sniffer window, click Stop and Display in the main
toolbar during a capture session, or click Display after a
capture session.
To open a capture file:
1 In the Sniffer window, select Open from the File menu.
Regardless of whether you are displaying data from the capture buffer
or a trace file, the postcapture display window appears (Figure 8-1).
Postcapture display tabs. The Decode
tab always appears. The other tabs
appear by default, but can be disabled.
Figure 8-1. The Postcapture Display Window (Expert Tab Shown)