Lucent Technologies Ethereal User Manual
3.3. The Main window
Lets look at Ethereal's user interface.
shows Ethereal as you would
usually see it after some packets captured or loaded (how to do this will be described later).
Figure 3.1. The Main window
Ethereal's main window consist of parts that are commonly known from many other GUI programs.
1.
The menu (see
) is used to start actions.
2.
The main toolbar (see
) provides quick access to frequently
used items from the menu.
3.
The filter toolbar (see
) provides a way to directly manipu-
late the currently used display filter (see
).
4.
The packet list pane (see
) displays a summary of each
packet captured. By clicking on packets in this pane you control what is displayed in the other
two panes.
two panes.
5.
The packet details pane (see
) displays the packet se-
lected in the packet list pane in more detail.
6.
The packet bytes pane (see
) displays the data from the
packet selected in the packet list pane, and highlights the field selected in the packet details
pane.
pane.
7.
The statusbar (see
) shows some detailed information about the
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