Protocol Distribution Diagram

This part of the program monitors the flow of data through your network adapter. It displays a pie chart that shows the network protocol distribution of the network. There are four tabs: low level Ethernet frames, IP frames level and two applications (top) level tabs.

Here are the toolbar buttons and their functions:

Resets the chart and the report.

Processes an existing session file.

Saves the chart or report to a file.

Processes the current captured session.

Shows/Hides the chart or the report.

Sets a hardware (MAC addresses) filter. Here are the available filter settings:

• Promiscuous - Receives all packets passing through the device.
  
• Owner All - Receives only packets intended for the device or sent from it.
  
• Owner Received - Receives only packets intended for the selected device.
  
• Broadcast - Accepts only broadcast packets.

Note: This filter applies to live captures only.

Changes the global filter settings.

Applies the global filter (if configured).

Rotates the chart left.

Rotates the chart right.