8.3. The "Protocol Hierarchy" window

The protocol hierarchy of the captured packets.

Figure 8.2. The "Protocol Hierarchy" window

The "Protocol Hierarchy" window

This is a tree of all the protocols in the capture. You can collapse or expand subtrees, by clicking on the plus / minus icons. By default, all trees are expanded.

Each row contains the statistical values of one protocol.

The following columns containing the statistical values are available:

[Note]Note!

Packets will usually contain multiple protocols, so more than one protocol will be counted for each packet. Example: In the screenshot IP has 99,17% and TCP 85,83% (which is together much more than 100%).

[Note]Note!

A single packet can contain the same protocol more than once. In this case, the protocol is counted more than once. For example: in some tunneling configurations the IP layer can appear twice.