Finisar Surveyor manual Using Templates, Creating Templates

Transmit Specification 8

Specifying Transmit Data

packets can be generated using Finisar analyzer cards. NDIS modules cannot generate bad CRC packets.

Using Templates

If you are inserting a new stream, you can use a template as the starting point for packet data. To select a template, click on the Template… button at the bottom of the Transmit Specification dialog box. Nested menus to select a template will dis- play.

Templates insert the required values for commonly known packet types in the data for the stream. For example, if you select the template for IPX, the value 0x8137 is inserted in the Packet Type field.

You can create and insert you own templates into the menus. You can also insert Magic Packets™ using the Template... menu.

Creating Templates

To create your own template:

1. Click on the button and open a capture file or use packets within the capture buffer that are displayed in Capture View.

2.Find the packet you want to add as a transmit template. You must make this packet the first packet in the capture file or capture buffer. Either delete all packets that come before the packet you want, or filter out all other packets using a display filter.

3.Select the first line (first packet) of the capture file.

4.If desired, edit this line using the packet editor. The values you enter in this first packet define the new template.

5.Save the new capture file (the template). Make sure you give a name you will recognize later. Place it in the ..\template directory or one of its subdirectories.

6.You must restart Surveyor to view the new packet template in the template menus.

Templates display in the Template menu when using the Insert Packet option of the Edit menu. The exact placement of the new template on the menu depends on the directory location within the ..\template directory.

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