The hosts tab displays information about the hosts that have sent or received data on the network segment since the probe started or was reset. The hosts can be computers on the network segment or computers outside the network segment (such as the Internet) that have sent or received data with hosts on the segment.
triggered alarm count - the triggered alarm count for this entry color coded by the highest severity of the triggered alarms.
host name - the name of the host as discovered by dns lookup.
address - the IP address of the host.
packets in - the number of packets received by each host since the probe started or was reset.
bytes in - the amount of data received by each host since the probe started or was reset.
packets out - the number of packets sent by each host since the probe started or was reset.
bytes out - the amount of data sent by each host since the probe started or was reset.
mcast/bcast - the number of broadcast or multicast packets sent by each host since the probe started or was reset.
protocols - the number of protocols used buy this host since the probe started or was reset.
conversations - the number of conversations this host has participated in either as a source or destination since the probe started or was reset.
first seen - the time when the network probe first discovered traffic from each host after the probe started or was reset.
last seen - the time when the network probe last saw traffic from each host after the probe started or was reset.
Hosts popup menu
The hosts poup menu is displayed if you right click a host entry.
Show protocols used by this host - this will display all the protocols that have been used for sending or receiving data by the selected host since the probe started or was reset. The protocols per host tab will be displayed.
Show source conversations for this host - this will display all the conversations where the selected host has been sending data since the probe started or was reset. The conversations tab will be displayed.
Show destination conversations for this host - this will display all the conversations where the selected host has been receiving data since the probe started or was reset. The conversations tab will be displayed.
Show source conversations and protocols for this host - this will display all the protocols used in the conversations the selected host has sent data since the probe started or was reset. The protocols per conversation tab will be displayed.
Show destination conversations and protocols for this host - this will display all the protocols used in the conversations the selected host has received data since the probe started or was reset. The protocols per conversation tab will be displayed.
Add alarm - this will let you add an alarm for this host. The add alarm window will be displayed.
Show defined alarms for this host - this will display all the defined alarms for this host. The alarms tab will be displayed.
Show triggered alarms for this host - this will display all the triggered alarms for this host. The alarms tab will be displayed.