
Troubleshooting Routers
B-4
Implementation Notes
Packet Capture copies packets received or transmitted as error-free. It does not
copy packets containing errors.
Packet Capture saves the MAC addresses in native media format.
Packet Capture does not display Frame Check Sequence (FCS) fields.
Getting Started
This section describes how to start and stop Packet Capture and look at a Packet
Capture file. The default parameter values allow Packet Capture to copy all
incoming packets from the circuits you specify until you enter a command to
terminate it. After learning the basic features of Packet Capture, you can then go
to “Using Advanced Features” to customize Packet Capture.
The basic instructions for using Packet Capture include the following sections:
•“Pr
eparing Packet Capture to Run”
•“Star
ting Packet Capture”
•“T
erminating Packet Capture”
•“Using the
Technician Interface to Display a Packet Capture File”
•“Deleting a P
acket Capture Instance”
Preparing Packet Capture to Run
The following sections provide the minimum number of instructions required to
prepare Packet Capture to run:
•“Assigning the Pr
ocessors to Run Packet Capture”
•“Cr
eating an Instance of Packet Capture”
•“Alloca
ting Memory for the Packet Capture File”
•“Specifying the Number of Bytes in Eac
h Packet to Copy”
•“Ena
bling Packet Capture”
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