Javvin Packet Analyzer User's Manual


Overview

Professional and enterprise

Version and upgrade

Install and Uninstall

Installation Environment

Get Started to Use

Create a Project and Capture Traffic

Select Capture Sources

Use Menu bar

Use Toolbar

Use Context menus

Use Start Page

Use Dock windows

Understand and Use Tab views

Choose System Options

Restart Capture and Do Automatic Capture

Project settings

HManage Data

Understand Statistics

Manage Filters

Use Command Line to Operate the Analyzer

Do TCP session Reconstruction Using Packet Analyzer

Set and Use Name Table

Manage Logs

Decode Packets

Customize User Interface

Optimize the Performance of the Analyzer


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Customizing User Interface

Javvin Packet Analyzer's user interface is flexible and easy to use, sometimes you can change it's settings to get a clearer view. Basically the customizable sections or commands include the following:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Name

Description

Applicability

Toolbar*

Adds new toolbars or commands, shows or hides toolbar text ...

toolbar

Columns*

Shows or hides columns, changes the position of columns.

Summary view, Endpoints view, Protocols view, Packets list view, Conversations view, Logs view

Docked windows*

Shows or hides the project explorer bar...

Project Explorer, Project Status

Sorting*

Sorts the listed data on a specific condition.

Endpoints view, Protocols view, Conversations view

Highlight

Highlights the packet selected.

Packets list view

Packet Comment

Makes a comment for the current packet.

Packets list view

Show/Hide Packet List

Shows/hides the list of captured packets.

Packets view

Hide Selected/Unselected Packets

Filters the packets displayed.

Packets list view

Show/Hide Decode

Shows/hides the packet decode information.

Packets view

Show/Hide HEX

Shows/hides the HEX code of the current packet.

Packets view

Name Table

Makes an alias for the selected item.

Project Explorer docked window, Endpoints view, Packets list view, Conversations view, Matrix view, Logs view

Expand/Collapse All

Displays/undisplays all available data.

Project Explorer docked window, Summary view, Endpoints view, Protocols view, Matrix view, Packets decode view

The sections below give details about the items marked with *; for the explanation about those features not described in this chapter, please see the corresponding sections in this manual.

Toolbar

The toolbar includes some icons of frequently used commands, such as New, Open, Save , Start, and so on, you can customize the commands or options in the toolbar.

  • Hide toolbar
    Javvin Packet Analyzer shows the standard toolbar by default. To hide the toolbar, open the View menu and put the mouse cursor on Toolbar, then uncheck Standard.
  • Hide toolbar text
    Javvin Packet Analyzer shows the text under toolbar icons by default. To hide the toolbar text, open the View menu and put the mouse cursor on Toolbar, then uncheck Icon Text.
  • Customize toolbar
    Javvin Packet Analyzer allows you to customize the toolbar commands, which is similar as the operation of Microsoft Office. You may open the View menu or right click on the toolbar, then select Customize... to modify the toolbar commands.

Columns

Javvin Packet Analyzer displays captured data with corresponding column headings, you can select more columns to show more information, or alter the position of columns.

  • Show more columns
    Right click a column heading in a tab view (except the Summary and Graph view), select the More... command to open the Select Column dialog, check the columns to show or uncheck to hide.
  • Column display options
    By default the data displayed in a column are aligned left, but they also can be aligned center or aligned right with the alignment options in the Select Column dialog.
  • Column width
    To increase or decrease the width of a column, just hold down the mouse button on the column line and move horizontally; or you may fix the width in pixel in the Select Column dialog.
  • Change position
    To change a column's position, move your mouse to the column, hold down the mouse button and drag the column to your intended position. You may also do the operation in the Select Column dialog with the Up or Down buttons.

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Sorting data

Just with a click or double clicks on the column headings in the Endpoints view, Protocols view and Conversations view, the sort order will be changed. The icon  indicates the data in this column is displayed by descending, and the icon  indicates the data in this column is displayed by ascending.

Dock windows

The Project Explorer and Project Status are both dock windows which are on the left section of display by default, you can hide or alter their positions.

  • Hide dock windows
    Click the  icon to hide a dock window; to show it again, put your mouse cursor on the dock window button, then click the  icon again.
  • Close dock windows
    Click the  icon to close a dock window. To recover the display, click the Explorer or Status icon in the toolbar, or make selection from the View menu.
  • Change position
    To change a dock window's position, move your mouse cursor to it's title bar, hold down the mouse button and drag the whole bar to your intended position.
  • Reset
    Double click the title pane, the dock window will be reset to default position.