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... after n minute(s)
Stop
capturing
after
the
given
number
of
second(s)/minutes(s)/hours(s)/days(s) have elapsed.
4.5.4. Display Options frame
Update list
of packets
in real
time
This option allows you to specify that Ethereal should update the packet list pane in
real time. If you do not specify this, Ethereal does not display any packets until you
stop the capture. When you check this, Ethereal captures in a separate process and
feeds the captures to the display process.
Automatic
scrolling in
live cap-
ture
This option allows you to specify that Ethereal should scroll the packet list pane as
new packets come in, so you are always looking at the last packet. If you do not spe-
cify this, Ethereal simply adds new packets onto the end of the list, but does not scroll
the packet list pane. This option is greyed out if "Update list of packets in real time"
is disabled.
Hide cap-
ture info
dialog
If this option is checked, the following capture info dialog will be hidden.
4.5.5. Name Resolution frame
Enable MAC name resolution
This option allows you to control whether or not Ethereal
translates MAC addresses into names, see
Enable network name resolution
This option allows you to control whether or not Ethereal
translates network addresses into names, see
.
Enable transport name resolu-
tion
This option allows you to control whether or not Ethereal
translates transport addresses into protocols, see
.
4.5.6. Buttons
Once you have set the values you desire and have selected the options you need, simply click on
OK to commence the capture, or Cancel to cancel the capture.
If you start a capture, Ethereal allows you to stop capturing when you have enough packets cap-
tured, for details see
Section 4.9, “While a Capture is running ...”
Capturing Live Network Data
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