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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Data management

When your project buffer is full, Javvin Packet Analyzer will discard some packets to keep the displayed packets up-to-date, use the assistant functions of Javvin Packet Analyzer you can protect important packet information from being discarded. Javvin Packet Analyzer allows you to copy, export, print and import packet information, details are described in the sections below.

Saving

  • Saving a project
    To save a project with all its settings and captured packets, you can:
  • Use standard keyboard command Ctrl + S.
  • Click the icon  in the Toolbar.
  • Select the Save command from the File menu.

The project will be saved as .cscproj file and stored in hard disk, when you want to have a review in the future, use the Open command from the File menu or Start Page and select the file name to open it.

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  • Saving project data
    By clicking the Save As icon , you can save project data from the Summary view, Diagnoses view, Endpoints view, Protocols view, Connections - General and Connections - Stream view to a text file. The charts in the Graph view can be saved in .bmp format.
  • Saving as template
    You may save the settings defined to a template file and be applied to new projects in future. There are two ways to save as template:
  • Save from the File menu
    Open the File menu and select Save As Template....
  • Save from the Project Settings dialog
    Click the Save As Default Template... button from any page of the Project Settings dialog.

Copying and pasting

If you want to save packet information to a file, you can make a selection first in the project window (use the Shift key or the Ctrl key to select multiple items, if applicable), right click and choose a Copy command, then open a file and paste the selection to it.

There are several kinds of Copy command in Javvin Packet Analyzer:

Command

Description

Copy

Copies the sleeted item in text format.

Copy Tree

Copies all involved items in a tree.

Copy Hex

Copies the Hex contents of packet decode.

Copy Text

Copies the text contents of packet decode.

Copy Column

Copies a specific column in text format.

Copied contents can be pasted to Excel, Word, and other Windows applications.

Importing and exporting

  • Import from a file
    In addition to the files in *.cscpkt (Capsa 5.x and 6.x Packet File) and *.cpf (Capsa 4.0 Packet File) format, you may also import data from Network Associates Sniffer packet files, EtherPeekv7/ TokenPeek / AiroPeekv9 / OmniPeekv9 packet files and raw packet files. The Matrix view will blank and the Conversations view will displayed as Connections view if import a project file or packet file of version 5.5 or before.
  • Import steps:
    • Select Import from File... from the File menu.
    • Specify the file name, file type and open mode in the opened dialog.
    • Confirm your operation in the enquiry dialog
    A pop-up dialog will inform you when the file is successfully imported.

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  • Export to a file
    Captured packets and related information can be exported to a file in public formats such as Text and HTML. Packet list information can be exported from the Packets view, Connections view and Logs view.
  • Export steps: (take the Packets view as an example)
    • Highlight the selected packets (use Shift or Ctrl key to select multiple items).
    • Right click and select Export Packet..., or click the icon  from the toolbar.
    • Specify the file type and items in the opened dialog.
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    • Define the path to save the export file.
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    • Check the columns you want to export (only applicable for .*txt, .*csv and .*html format), then finish the export.
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    • A dialog will inform you when packets have been exported successfully; you can open the file from the dialog directly.
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Printing

You can not print or print preview selected information during the capture process until you stop the program. When you choose the Print command from the File menu or click the icon  from the toolbar, only the visible listings will be printed. To print selected items, use Shift or Ctrl key to set a print scope. If you would like to print more columns' information, you must show desired columns first. Javvin Packet Analyzer supports printer printing and PDF printing, you can use the Print Setup command in the File menu to define printing options.

The information of packet decode or connection details can not be printed directly from tab views, but you can print from the Packet Decode window or the Connection Details window.