Sniffer® Portable Professional User's Guide - NetScout

Sniffer® Portable Professional User's Guide - NetScout Sniffer® Portable Professional User's Guide - NetScout

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Chapter 8 164 Sniffer Portable Professional Adjust the Packet Display size, and the individual pane to maximize the viewing area for your particular interests. Select the starting packet of interest in the Summary pane by clicking on it. Click the Detail pane to gain focus. The cursor movement and PgUp / PgDn keys will now apply to the Detail pane. Use the F7 key to move to the previous packet. Use the F8 to move to the next packet. If you want to move the viewing area in the Detail pane, use the cursor and the Page Up / Page Down keys. You can search for packets by selecting the Find Frame command from either the Display menu or the context menu (accessed by right-clicking on the Display window). See Searching for Frames in the Decode Display on page 186 for details. You can copy text from the Detail pane. You can copy either a selected line in the pane (Copy Highlights in the right-click context menu or the Ctrl-C keyboard shortcut) or all of the text in the pane (Copy All in the right-click context menu Use the keys shown in Table 8-2 to navigate the Decode display. You can also use the corresponding commands in the Display menu. Table 8-2. Keyboard Shortcuts for the Display Pane Page Up View the previous page in the active pane. Page Down View the next page in the active pane. Cursor Up View the previous line in the active pane. Cursor Down View the next line in the active pane. F2 - Next Selected Move the display to the next selected packet in the summary pane. Shift+F2 - Previous Selected Move the display to the previous selected packet in the summary pane. Ctrl+F2 - Select Toggle Toggle the packet between selected and unselected state. Alt+F3 - Find Frame Open the Find Frame dialog box to specify what to search for in the Display pane. F3 - Find Next Frame Repeat the last search performed in Find Frame dialog box. F4 - Zoom Pane Zoom in/out of the selected Decode pane.

Selecting Packets Table 8-2. Keyboard Shortcuts for the Display Pane Displaying Captured Data F7 - Previous View the previous packet in the summary pane. F8 - Next View the next packet in the summary pane. 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 8-3). Each of the buttons in the toolbar is described in the table that follows. Figure 8-3. Decode Tab Toolbar Table 8-3. 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 179 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 177. User’s Guide 165

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Adjust the Packet Display size, and the individual pane to maximize<br />

the viewing area for your particular interests.<br />

Select the starting packet of interest in the Summary pane by<br />

clicking on it.<br />

Click the Detail pane to gain focus. The cursor movement and PgUp<br />

/ PgDn keys will now apply to the Detail pane.<br />

Use the F7 key to move to the previous packet. Use the F8 to move<br />

to the next packet.<br />

If you want to move the viewing area in the Detail pane, use the<br />

cursor and the Page Up / Page Down keys.<br />

You can search for packets by selecting the Find Frame command<br />

from either the Display menu or the context menu (accessed by<br />

right-clicking on the Display window). See Searching for Frames in<br />

the Decode Display on page 186 for details.<br />

You can copy text from the Detail pane. You can copy either a<br />

selected line in the pane (Copy Highlights in the right-click<br />

context menu or the Ctrl-C keyboard shortcut) or all of the text in<br />

the pane (Copy All in the right-click context menu<br />

Use the keys shown in Table 8-2 to navigate the Decode display. You can<br />

also use the corresponding commands in the Display menu.<br />

Table 8-2. Keyboard Shortcuts for the Display Pane<br />

Page Up View the previous page in the active<br />

pane.<br />

Page Down View the next page in the active pane.<br />

Cursor Up View the previous line in the active pane.<br />

Cursor Down View the next line in the active pane.<br />

F2 - Next Selected Move the display to the next selected<br />

packet in the summary pane.<br />

Shift+F2 - Previous Selected Move the display to the previous<br />

selected packet in the summary pane.<br />

Ctrl+F2 - Select Toggle Toggle the packet between selected and<br />

unselected state.<br />

Alt+F3 - Find Frame Open the Find Frame dialog box to<br />

specify what to search for in the Display<br />

pane.<br />

F3 - Find Next Frame Repeat the last search performed in Find<br />

Frame dialog box.<br />

F4 - Zoom Pane Zoom in/out of the selected Decode<br />

pane.

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