Cisco Systems 5, NAM manual Viewing Packet Decode Information, Stop packet loading

Chapter 4 Capturing and Decoding Packet Data

Viewing Packet Decode Information

Step 3 Click the Delete button.

A dialog box displays and asks “Delete all capture file(s)?”

Step 4 Click OK to delete all the files or Cancel to allow them to remain.

Viewing Packet Decode Information

After some packets or files have been captured, you can use the Packet Decoder to view the packet contents.

The Packet Decoder window has four parts:

•Packet Decoder operations

•Packet browser pane

•Protocol decode (see Viewing Detailed Protocol Decode Information, page 4-22)

•Packet hexadecimal dump

To view packet decode information:

Step 1 Choose Capture > Packet Capture/Decode > Sessions, or Capture > Packet Capture/Decode > Files (depending on which type you would like to decode).

Step 2 Choose a capture session or file, and then click the Decode button. The Packet Decoder window displays.

Table 4-9describes the packet decoder operations (buttons on the NAM Traffic Analyzer - Packet Decoder screen.

Table 4-9	Packet Decoder Operations
Button		Description
Stop		Stop packet loading
Prev		Load and decode the previous block of packets from the NAM
Next		Load and decode the next block of packets from the NAM
Go To		Load and decode a block of packets starting from the specified packet number.
Display Filter		Launch the Display Filter dialog. See Filtering Packets Displayed in the Packet
		Decoder, page 4-21.
TCP Stream		Follow the TCP stream of the selected TCP packet.
		Note This might take a long time depending on the traffic pattern.

	User Guide for the Cisco Network Analysis Module (NAM) Traffic Analyzer, 5.0
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