Capture lists

Last Updated : Nov 05, 2012 |

By default, the packet sniffing service captures all packets passing through the interfaces on which it is enabled. Use a capture list to selectively filter the packets that are captured by the service.

A capture list contains an ordered list of rules and actions. A rule specifies criteria against which packets are tested. The action tells the Branch Gateway whether to capture or not capture packets matching the rule criteria. Only packets that match the specified criteria and have an action of capture are captured to the capture file. The rules are evaluated one by one, according to their number. If none of the rules match the packet, the default action is executed. You can set the default action as desired. Use the command ip-rule default to set the default action.

Note:

ARP frames are not IP packets and therefore cannot be filtered by capture lists. However, in a healthy network, the ARP frames rate is relatively low.