Sniffer® Portable Professional User's Guide - NetScout

Setting Options in the Sniffer Window
Exporting and Importing Protocols Tab Settings
The Tools > Options > Protocols tab includes Import and Export
buttons that let you change the Protocols tab settings in force:
The Export button opens a common Save As dialog box, allowing
you to save out Protocols tab settings to an XML file.
The Import button opens a common Browse dialog box in which
you can navigate to an XML file of saved Protocols tab settings for
import.
The Import and Export buttons are particularly useful in the following
situations:
You want to create files of saved Protocols tab settings for use in
different network environments. For example, you may commonly
analyze network segments with protocol loads running over known
but non-standard ports. You can switch Protocols tab settings in
and out quickly using these buttons.
You want to share Protocols tab settings with another Sniffer unit
supporting this feature. You can export your settings to a file and
then import them on a second unit.
Setting the Protocol Forcing Tab Options
Use the Tools > Options > Protocol Forcing options to set up protocol
forcing rules. Protocol forcing is useful when capturing non-standard (for
example, proprietary) protocols that might not otherwise be decoded.
Protocol forcing essentially lets you tell the analyzer “if you see this
condition, skip this many bytes (to where the standard data is), then
apply this protocol interpreter.” See Using Protocol Forcing on page 198
for details on setting up Protocol Forcing rules.
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