Atec Fluke-OptiView User Manual

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Fluke Networks OptiView™ Integrated Network Analyzer

Packet Capture and Filter

For those more difficult to solve problems, the OptiView analyzer

integrates a full packet capture and decode function. The OptiView

analyzer is capable of full line-rate packet capture–even at gigabit

speeds.

Just select the Packet Capture tab and without any modifications,

start capturing packets on your network. However, for more selective

packet captures, use the context sensitive filter–just select the host

device from the device discovery screen, or a conversation from the

statistics screen, press the filter button and the packet capture engine

is automatically populated with source and/or source and destination

addresses of your selection. If you need even more selectivity, you can

select a host or conversation using a particular protocol just as easily.

Just as you would expect from a traditional protocol analyzer, the

OptiView analyzer’s packet capture screen allows you to set up the

capture buffer size, the slice size, the buffer configuration and various

other parameters.

Once you have the configuration you need, press Start Capture

and let the analyzer filter and capture while you make another

selection from the variety of tests to take a different view of your

network. The analyzer continues to capture packets while you look at

something else.

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