Sniffer® Portable Professional User's Guide - NetScout

Chapter 8
Postcapture Host Table Tab
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The Host Table collects each network node’s traffic statistics. For LANs,
the matrix tab accumulates MAC, IP network, IP application, IPX
network, and IPX transport-layer information. Sniffer Portable
Professional also provides an additional 802.11 view for wireless LANs
that allows you to concentrate on traffic statistics specifically for wireless
stations.
You can view accumulated data as a table, bar chart, or pie chart.
The table views display traffic count statistics for each network
node.
The outline table provides a quick summary of total bytes and
packets transmitted in and out of each network node.
The detail table provides a quick summary of the higher layer
protocol type and its traffic load transmitted in and out of each
network node.
You can sort a host table by clicking a column heading (for
example, to sort the statistics by incoming packets, click the In
Pkts column heading). Click a second time to sort in reverse order.
The bar chart displays the 10 busiest host nodes in real time.
The pie chart displays the 10 busiest host nodes as relative
percentages of the total load of traffic.
In all views, you can display traffic at the link layer, MAC layer, or
selectively view only the IP or IPX layers.
In the table views, you can export the statistics for tabulation or
charting.
Figure 8-20 shows the Host Table display and toolbar.