The protocols per host tab displays protocols used by each host discovered on the network segment and the amount of traffic sent or received for each of these protocols.
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.
protocol - the full name of the protocol. The name consists of the fully encapsulated name with the actual protocol being the last name. ether.IP.TCP.www-http is the HTTP protocol (web browsing) running on top of TCP running on top of IP running on top of Ethernet.
protocol port - the protocol ID and port number for the protocol. The protocol port consists of the protocol numbers and ports for the encapsulating protocols and the actual protocol port being the last number. In the protocol ID 1.2048.6.80, 1 defines Ethernet, 2048 (0x0800) is IP, 6 is TCP and 80 is the HTTP port number. This column is collapsed.
packets in - the number of packets of a specific protocol received by each host since the probe started or was reset.
bytes in - the amount of data received of a specific protocol by each host since the probe started or was reset.
packets out - the number of packets of a specific protocol sent by each host since the probe started or was reset.
bytes out - the amount of data sent of a specific protocol by each host since the probe started or was reset.
first seen - the time the network probe first discovered this type of traffic for a host after the probe started or was reset.
last seen - the time the network probe last saw traffic of this type for a host after the probe started or was reset.
Protocols per host popup menu
The protocols per host poup menu is displayed if you right click an entry.
Show hosts using this protocol - this will display all the hosts that have sent or received data using the selected protocol since the probe started or was reset.
Show conversations using this protocol - this will display all conversations seen using the selected protocol since the probe started or was reset. The protocols per conversation tab will be displayed.
Show protocols used by this host - this will display the protocols that have been used for sending or receiving data by the selected host since the probe started or was reset.
Show source conversations for this host - this will display all the conversations where the selected host have sent 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 have received data since the probe started or was reset. The conversations tab will be displayed.
Add alarm - this will let you add an alarm for this protocol and host. The add alarm window will be displayed.
Show defined alarms for this protocol and host - this will display all the defined alarms for this protocol and host. The alarms tab will be displayed.
Show triggered alarms for this protocol and host - this will display all the triggered alarms for this protocol and host. The alarms tab will be displayed.