Address Filter Settings

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The Address Filter Settings page inside the Settings dialog:

This is the MAC Address Filter page, but the other address filter pages have the same layout.

The Addresses list contains three columns with different name formats for each address. The right column shows the raw name of the address, the middle column contains names with added system information, and the left column contains user editable descriptions. The name formats depend on the type of addresses handled by the actual filter dialog (see Address Name Formats for more information). To edit a description, select an address name in the first column, then click it a second time or press F2 or Insert on the keyboard. To accept the changes click outside the edit box or press Enter on the keyboard. To cancel editing press Esc on the keyboard.

Addresses are added to the address database automatically while packets are collected or by using the edit box below the list (see 6).

You cannot delete addresses from this list while the application is running. But you can specify whether address information will be saved or not when the application is closed. The current state is revealed by the disk icons on the left of the address names. A strikethrough disk symbol refers to address entries that will be discarded, while address entries marked by a dark disk will be saved on disk. To toggle the persistence state, click the disk symbol or press the space bar on the keyboard while one or more entries are selected.

Note: Changes to the address descriptions, colors, and persistence states are applied immediately and won't be undone if you click the Cancel button. The Cancel button is only used to cancel address filter changes.

These buttons add or remove addresses to / from the Source or Destination filter. The right arrow button will add all selected entries from the address list to the filter. The left arrow button removes all entries selected in the respective filter list. If none is selected, it will remove all entries from the list. To remove a single address entry from one of the filter lists you can also double-click it.

These buttons add or remove addresses to / from the Source and Destination filter at the same time. The right arrow button will add all selected address entries from the address list to both filter lists. To add a single address entry to both lists you can also double-click it. The left arrow button is used to remove addresses from both filter lists.

• If you selected entries in both lists, all selected entries are removed.

• If you selected entries in only one list, these and the same entries in the other list are removed.

• If no entry was selected, all entries form both lists are removed.

The Source Filter and Destination Filter lists with Include / Exclude selector buttons. If Off is selected, all packets will pass the filter ignoring the contents of the filter address list as if this filter does not exist at all. This means that the other filter (either destination or source) will get the full control if it is not switched off, too. If the filter address list is empty, the filter is implicitly switched off.

If Incl is selected, only packets containing an address from the list as source or destination address (depends on the corresponding filter list)  will pass the filter. And if Excl is selected, only packets that do not contain an address from the list as source or destination will pass the filter. See also Address Filter Examples and Tips for more information.

The logical linkage between the source and destination filter. See Address Filter Examples and Tips.

This is an edit box to add new addresses to the address database. The address format to use here depends on the actual address filter page. See Address Name Formats. After entering the address, click the + button to add it to the list.

These are a color selector button and an address group combo box. Click the color selector button to open a color selection dialog to change the color of the address name in the Packet List View and Statistics View. You can choose Default in this dialog to remove the color information from the address entry. Use the address group combo box to assign the selected addresses to an address group. You can create new address groups on the Address Groups page of the Settings dialog.