Sniffer® Portable Professional User's Guide - NetScout

Chapter 8
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2 Use the Automatic Filter Type Selection dropdown in the Decode
toolbar to specify which portion of the packet you want to use as a
filter (Figure 8-8).
Figure 8-8. Selecting the Automatic Filter Type
You can select from the same options available for Automatic
Display Filters, as described in Table 8-4 on page 169.
3 Click the Add to Last Filter button .
The Sniffer displays the Define Filter dialog box with the specified
component of the selected frame added to the last used filter
definition. You can edit the settings in this dialog box, if necessary.
When you are satisfied with the filter definition, click Apply to filter
the active tab.
Selecting Filters / Combining Multiple Filters
You use the Display > Select Filter command to display a dialog box
in which you can select display filters to apply. The dialog box lists all
available filters, including:
Capture filters. You can reuse your capture filters as display
filters, if you like.
Display filters. All display filters you have created are listed by
name.
You can either use a single listed filter or check the Multiple Filter Mode
option and check the boxes for multiple filters.
To select a display filter:
1 Use the Display > Select Filter command.
The Select Filter dialog box appears (Figure 8-9).