Sniffer® Portable Professional User's Guide - NetScout

Defining Filters and Triggers
For example, suppose you are only interested in IP traffic to and from a
particular router. You could create a special filter profile that combined
an Address filter on the router’s IP address, as well as an Advanced
filter on IP protocol traffic. Then, whenever you needed to use this
combination of filters, you could simply select the saved filter profile
from the Select Filter dialog box.
NOTE: If you need to see which individual filters make up a filter
profile, select the Define Filter command and then select the entry
for the filter profile in the Settings For pane of the Define Filter
dialog box. The Summary tab of the Define Filter dialog box will
show you a quick summary of the various individual filters making
up the selected profile.
Creating a Filter Profile
Each time you create a new filter, be sure to start by clicking the
Profiles button in the Define Filter dialog box. Then, click the New
button to open a dialog box in which you can give your filter profile a
name.
Once you have named a filter profile, it will appear in the Settings For
pane of the Define Filter dialog box, allowing you to fine tune the settings
for the filter. In addition, the filter will also appear in the Select Filter
dialog box, allowing you to apply it to a given monitoring, capture, or
decode session whenever you like.
To create a filter profile:
1 Select the Define Filter command from either the Monitor,
Capture, or Display menu (depending on the type of filter you
would like to create).
2 Click Profiles.
The Capture Profiles dialog box appears, listing the filter profiles
already defined.
3 Click New.
4 In the New Capture Profile dialog box, supply a name for the filter
in the field provided.
You can also copy the settings for this filter from either an existing
defined profile (Copy Existing Profile option) or from an existing
sample (Copy Sample Profile option).
5 Click OK.
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