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Log Viewer is a tool for
viewing and exploring capture files created by CommView and several
other packet analyzers. It has the functionality of the
Packets
tab of the
main program window, but unlike the Packets
tab, Log
Viewer displays packets loaded from the files on the disk rather
than the packets captured in real time.
To open Log Viewer,
click File
=> Log Viewer in the program's main
menu, or just double-click on any CommView capture file that you
have previously saved. You can open as many Log Viewer windows as
you wish, and each of them can be used for exploring one or several
capture files.
Log Viewer can be used for
exploring capture files created by other packet analyzers and
personal firewalls. The current version can import files in the
Network Instruments Observer®, Network General Sniffer® for
DOS/Windows, Microsoft® NetMon, WildPackets EtherPeek™ and
AiroPeek™, Wireshark/Tcpdump, and Wireshark/pcapng formats. These
formats are also used by a number of 3rd-party
applications. Log Viewer is capable of exporting packet data by
creating files in the Network Instruments Observer®, Network
General Sniffer® for DOS/Windows, Microsoft® NetMon, WildPackets
EtherPeek™ and AiroPeek™, Wireshark/Tcpdump, and Wireshark/pcapng
formats, as well as the native CommView format.
Using Log Viewer is
similar to using the Packets
tab of the
main window; please refer to the
Packets
chapter if you
need detailed information.
Log Viewer Menu
File
Load
CommView Logs – opens and loads one or
several CommView capture files.
Import
Logs –
allows you to import capture files created by other packet
analyzers.
Export
Logs –
allows you to export the displayed packets to capture files in
several formats.
Clear
Window – clears the packet
list.
Generate
Statistics – makes CommView generate
statistics on the packets loaded in Log Viewer. Optionally, it is
possible to reset previously collected statistical data displayed
in the Statistics
window. Please
note that this function will not show packet distribution along the
timeline. It is limited to displaying totals, protocol charts, and
LAN hosts tables.
Send to
VoIP Analyzer – sends all packets from
the current Log Viewer window to a new
VoIP Log
Viewer window for VoIP-specific
analysis.
Close
Window – closes the
window.
Search
Find
Packet – shows a dialog that allows
you to
find packets
matching a
specific text.
Go to
Packet Number - shows a dialog that
allows you to jump to a packet with the specified
number.
Rules
Apply
– applies your current rule
set to the packets displayed in Log Viewer. As a result, when you
use this command the program will delete the packets that don't
match the current rule set. Note that this won't modify the file on
the disk.
From
File … - does the same as
the Apply
command, but
allows you to use a rule set from a previously saved .RLS file
rather than the current rule set.
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