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Wireshark 2 Quick Start Guide
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Wireshark 2 Quick Start Guide

by Charit Mishra
June 2018
Beginner content levelBeginner
164 pages
3h 31m
English
Packt Publishing
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Capture filters

Capture filters enable you to capture only traffic that you want to be captured, eliminating an unwanted stream of packets. Capturing packets is a processor-intensive task, and packet analyzers use a good amount of primary memory while they are running.

Packets are only sent to the capture engine if they meet a certain criterion (capture filter expressions). Capture filters do not facilitate advanced filtering options, as in display filters.

The following is a screenshot of the Capture Options window dialog:

The Capture Options dialog

Let's take a walk through the options available in the Capture dialog window:

  • Capture (under ...
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