Sniffer® Portable Professional User's Guide - NetScout

Click these boxes to see
configurable graphs of the
corresponding statistics.
Monitoring Your Network
IMPORTANT: See Dashboard Counters for Wireless Networks on page
75 for details on the Dashboard statistics provided for wireless LANs.
Viewing tips:
To view average-per-second statistics select the Show Average
option at the top of the Dashboard instead of the Show Total
option.
To reset all the statistics in the Dashboard to zero, click Reset.
To set thresholds for alarms based on Dashboard statistics, click
Set Thresholds.
Figure 5-2 shows a sample Dashboard for an Ethernet adapter.
Figure 5-2. The Dashboard Gauge View
Viewing the Dashboard Graphs
Click these options to narrow (Short term) or widen (Long term) the
scale of the Network, Detail Errors, and Size Distribution graphs.
The Dashboard also provides configurable graphs for the broad groups
of statistics shown on the Detail tab. Ethernet adapters include
configurable graphs for:
Network statistics
Size Distribution statistics
Wireless LAN adapters include configurable graphs for:
Network statistics
Wireless Statistics
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