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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Summary view

Associated with your selection in the Project Explorer, the Summary view provides general statistic information of the selected node. When you select the project root node, you can get the statistics of your global network; if you select a specific network node, the view will present the particular information of this node.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Summary view 1

By default, only some sub-columns are displayed. To view more statistic information in different columns, right click in the display and put the mouse pointer on Choose Current Sub-columns and then check columns from the context menu. Alternately, you can use the icon  to check more sub-columns.

The following table shows the information titles presented in the Summary view (when the project root node is selected).

Title

Description

Capture

Offers the information of start date, start time and duration of this capture.

General Errors

Offers the statistics of general errors, including total errors, CRC errors, alignment errors, overrun errors and underrun errors.

Physical Errors

Offers the statistics of physical errors.

802.3 Errors

Offers the statistics of 802.3 errors.

Traffic

Offers the information of total traffic, broadcast traffic and multicast traffic.

Packet Size Distribution

Offers the statistics of packets based on size class.

Most Common Packet Sizes

Offers the packet statistics of the most common sizes.

TCP Packets

Offers the statistic information of TCP packets analyzed by the TCP analyzer.

TCP Connections

Offers the statistic information of TCP connections analyzed by the TCP analyzer.

DNS Analysis

Offers the statistic information of DNS connections analyzed by the DNS analyzer.

SMTP Analysis

Offers the statistic information of SMTP connections and messages analyzed by the advanced Email analyzer.

POP3 Analysis

Offers the statistic information of POP3 connections and messages analyzed by the advanced Email analyzer.

FTP Analysis

Offers the statistic information of FTP transfers analyzed by the advanced FTP analyzer.

HTTP Analysis

Offers the statistic information of HTTP requests analyzed by the advanced HTTP analyzer.

Click on the + (plus) or - (minus) signs at the left margin to expand or collapse individual items of the display.

In addition to the common context commands as other tab views, this view also has the following special commands:

Command

Description

Save Summary Statistics...

Saves the summary statistics to a file.

Snapshots

Takes a snapshot for summary statistics; shows, hides or deletes a snapshot.

Choose Current Sub-columns

Chooses the columns to show corresponding statistics.

Choose Snapshot Sub-columns

Chooses the columns to take snapshot.

Display Sub-column Title

Displays the title of the sub-columns.

Display Grid Lines

Displays the grid lines for the view.

Expand All

Expands all items and displays the sub-columns.

Collapse All

Collapses all items and hides the sub-columns.

You can take snapshots for the summary statistics at any time, which will be very helpful if you want to compare your network state in the future. To get snapshots, click the icon  or right click on the view to open the context menu, select the Snapshots command and Take Snapshot from the sub-context menu. Repeat the operations to take multiple snapshots. There is no limit to the snapshots taken, but you can only see up to 16 snapshots on the display.

Summary view 2