Finisar Surveyor Filter Example, Advanced Filter, Advanced Filter, Filter States Design Window

Capture and Display Filters 7

Filter Examples

Filter Example, Advanced Filter

The Filter States Design window below shows the capture filter Example.CFD. The Filter States Design window shows the structure of the filter. In the example, the filter has multiple states and statements. From the Filter States Design window, shown in Figure 7-8, double-click on a statement to bring up its Filter Design win- dow to see the details of how the statement is constructed.

Figure 7-8. Advanced Filter, Filter States Design Window

Packets are tested first by the IF statement in State0. If the packet matches the broadcast mask (FFFFFFFFFFFF in the first six bytes), the packet is captured, the buffer is triggered, and the next packet is filtered by State1. If the packet does not contain the Broadcast address, the packet is not captured and the next packet is fil- tered.

State1 is executed after the first broadcast packet is encountered. The IF state- ment in State1 indicates that all packets should be captured. The flow for testing packets remains in State1 until the capture process is manually stopped or the buffer is filled to the percentage entered by the user.

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