Chapter 2. Using Capture Filters
In this chapter, we will cover the following topics:
- Configuring capture filters
- Configuring Ethernet filters
- Configuring hosts and networks filters
- Configuring TCP/UDP and port filters
- Configuring compound filters
- Configuring byte-offset and payload matching filters
Introduction
In the first chapter we talked about how to install Wireshark, how to configure it for basic operations, and where to locate it in the network. In this chapter and the next one we will talk about capture filters (Chapter 2, Using Capture Filters) and display filters (Chapter 3, Using Display Filters).
It is important to distinguish between these two types of filters:
- Capture filters are configured before we start to capture data, so only data that ...
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