Packets Capture Tools Configuration

Diagnosis > Troubleshooting > Packets Capture Tools

To capture packets, take the following steps:

Click New. The Packets Capture Configuration dialog appears.

Configure the settings of this new entry.

Click OK to save the settings and return to the Packets Capture Tools page. The newly created entry is displayed in the table.

For each entry, click the Start button in the Capture Packets column to start capturing packets. The system displays the progress under the table. Hover your mouse over the progress, the system displays the size of the completed capture packets.

To stop capturing packets, click the Stop button next to the progress bar or the Stop button in the Capture Packets column.

After you stop capturing packets or the capturing is completed, click Download to save the captured packets to a specified location.

Notes:

The system allows you to create at most 5 packets capture entries.
For each entry, the system only saves the latest results of packets capture. When you start an entry again, the system will ask you whether to cover or export the results generated in the last time. Click Cover to cover the results generated in the last time; click Export to export the results generated in the last time; or you can click Cancel to cancel the packets capture.

In the Packets Capture Tools page, you can perform the following operations:

Click New to create a new packets capture entry.

Click Edit to edit the selected entry.

Click Delete to delete the selected entries.

Options in the Packets Capture Configuration dialog:

Option

Description

Name

Specify the name of the packets capture entry.

Source

Specify the source IP address or the user/user group of the packet.

Address: Select the radio button and enter the IP address in the text box.
AAA Server: Select the radio button and select the desired server from the drop-down menu. If the type of the selected AAA server is local, select the corresponding user/user group from the drop-down menu; if the type of the selected AAA server is not local, enter the name of the corresponding user/user group in the text box.

Destination

Specify the destination IP address o of the packet.

Address: Select the radio button and enter the IP address in the text box.
URL: Select the radio button and enter the URL in the text box.

Application

Specify the application type of the packet.

Protocol

Specify the protocol type or the protocol number of the packet.

Source Port

Specify the source port of the packet.

Destination Port

Specify the destination port of the packet.

File Size

Specify the maximum size of the captured packet file. When the file size reaches the maximum size, the system stops the capturing. The range of the value is from 2M to 20M. The default value is 10M.

Description

Enter the entry description in the text box.