Packet Source View

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The Packet Source View is located in the upper area of the Packet Sources Window. It contains five columns with two lines of information for each network interface card that was found on your system.

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The first column contains the names and MAC addresses of the network cards. You can double-click a name or press F2 or Insert on the keyboard while a name is selected to edit it. The names will be used in the packet list view when packets containing this address are displayed.

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The second column displays summary information on how many packets were lost while collecting data from this network interface. The upper line lists the number of packets that were lost since the application started, the lower line contains the number of packets that were lost since you started collecting data with this network card the last time.

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The third column displays the network medium and the detected link speed of the network interface.

Note: The displayed link speed need not be the maximum speed of your network card. It can be lower if the card was connected to a hub or switch that does not support the link speed of the network card. Also if the card is not connected at all, it will report a default link speed that may be lower than its maximum speed.

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The fourth column contains a text color selector and the detected maximum frame size of the packets collected by this NIC. The text color is used for the Time/Length information in the packet list view. This allows to distinguish between packets from different sources. You can change the color by clicking the button on the right of the Text Color label.

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The fifth column displays some NIC details found in the registry and reported by the device driver.

You can hide the packet source and sink window by clicking the small close button in the upper right corner of the window. To show the window again use the View > Packet Sources menu command.