The Network dashboard displays key statistics for the capture.
Note: To have a fully functional Network dashboard
that displays data in all of its displays, enable the Network
statistics, Node statistics, Protocol
Statistics, Traffic history statistics, and
Wireless channel statistics (for wireless captures) analysis options
in the Analysis view of the Capture Options.
The parts of the Network dashboard are described below.
- Network utilization: This display graphs network traffic in Mbits/second.
- Wireless signal: This display graphs wireless signal and/or noise strength (as a percentage) for the wireless channel you are capturing on, or all channels you have configured the capture to scan. This display is available only when a wireless adapter is selected as the capture adapter, or for a wireless capture file.
- Current activity: This display shows network utilization (as a percent of capacity), traffic volume (in packets per second), and error rate (total errors per second).
- Events: This display shows the number of event notifications generated by level of severity.
- Top talker: This display shows a graph of top “talkers” on the network, broken out by node.
- Top protocols: This display shows a graph of top protocols on the network.
Tip: Several of the displays support tooltips. Hover over the
display to view a tooltip with additional information. Select the gear icon in the upper right
corner of the display to access additional options for viewing the display.