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author | Ulf Lamping <ulf.lamping@web.de> | 2004-02-24 17:49:07 +0000 |
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committer | Ulf Lamping <ulf.lamping@web.de> | 2004-02-24 17:49:07 +0000 |
commit | cb24afa0fa00122c3fb43e537865413df80fd11e (patch) | |
tree | 66ac3e7ef074344c7b70703251c99a8dd35f4e5b /help/capturing.txt | |
parent | c47f73364b4c49335aa98def950dab6ace7c1f30 (diff) |
fixed various typos
svn path=/trunk/; revision=10220
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diff --git a/help/capturing.txt b/help/capturing.txt index 9d0877ef22..3c553ebe4e 100644 --- a/help/capturing.txt +++ b/help/capturing.txt @@ -29,9 +29,9 @@ Filtering options Storing options --------------- --File: you can choose the file to which captured data will be written. If you don't enter something here a temporary file will be used. +-File: You can choose the file to which captured data will be written. If you don't enter something here a temporary file will be used. --Use ring buffer: Instead of using a single capture file, multiple files will be created. The generated filenames will contain a incrementing number and the start time of the capture. For example, if you choose "/foo.cap" in the "File" field, files like "/foo_00001_20040205110102.cap", "/foo_00002_20040205110102.cap", ... will be created. +-Use ring buffer: Instead of using a single capture file, multiple files will be created. The generated filenames will contain an incrementing number and the start time of the capture. For example, if you choose "/foo.cap" in the "File" field, files like "/foo_00001_20040205110102.cap", "/foo_00002_20040205110102.cap", ... will be created. This feature can be useful if you do long term capturing, as working with a single capture file of several GB usually isn't very fast. Stop condition options @@ -40,12 +40,12 @@ These three fields should be obvious; the capture process will be automatically Display while capturing options ------------------------------- --Update List of packets in real time: Using this will show the captured packets immediately on the main screen. +-Update list of packets in real time: Using this will show the captured packets immediately on the main screen. Please note: this will slow down capturing, so increased packet drops might appear. -Automatic scrolling in live capture: This will scroll the "Packet List" automatically to the latest captured packet, when the "Update List of packets in real time" option is used. --Name resolution: perform the corresponding name resolution while capturing +-Name resolution: perform the corresponding name resolution while capturing. @@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ When your network traffic is high, you might need to take some steps to ensure E When Etheral cannot keep up, packets are dropped. To help avoid this as much as possible: -a) Don't use the "Update List of packets in real time" option (see above). This has a significant performance penalty. +a) Don't use the "Update list of packets in real time" option (see above). This has a significant performance penalty. b) Close other programs that might slow down your system, such as virus scanner software, server processes, etc. @@ -73,10 +73,10 @@ Long term capturing ------------------- By "Long term capturing", it's meant to capture data from a network for several hours or even days. Long term capturing will usually result in huge capture files, being hundreds of MB's or even several GB's in size! -Before doing a long term capture, get familiar with the options to use for it, as you might not get what you desire. Doing a long term capture not getting the results needed, is usually wasting a lot of time ;-) +Before doing a long term capture, get familiar with the options to use for it, as you might not get what you desire. Doing a long term capture not getting the results needed, is usually wasting a lot of time. ;-) Rules of thumb for this task: --Use the ring buffer feature when you expect very large capture files --Don't use the "Update list of packets in real time" option --Set an appropriate capture filter, when you are only interested in some special packets from the net +-Use the ring buffer feature when you expect very large capture files. +-Don't use the "Update list of packets in real time" option. +-Set an appropriate capture filter, when you are only interested in some special packets from the net. |