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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 | <html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1"><title>10.5. Preferences</title><link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="ws.css"><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.78.1"><link rel="home" href="index.html" title="Wireshark User's Guide"><link rel="up" href="ChapterCustomize.html" title="Chapter 10. Customizing Wireshark"><link rel="prev" href="ChCustProtocolDissectionSection.html" title="10.4. Control Protocol dissection"><link rel="next" href="ChCustConfigProfilesSection.html" title="10.6. Configuration Profiles"></head><body bgcolor="white" text="black" link="#0000FF" vlink="#840084" alink="#0000FF"><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">10.5. Preferences</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="ChCustProtocolDissectionSection.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">Chapter 10. Customizing Wireshark</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="ChCustConfigProfilesSection.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr></div><div class="section"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a name="ChCustPreferencesSection"></a>10.5. Preferences</h2></div></div></div><p>
There are a number of preferences you can set. Simply
select the <span class="command"><strong>Preferences...</strong></span> menu item from
the <span class="command"><strong>Edit</strong></span> menu; and Wireshark
will pop up the Preferences dialog box as shown in
<a class="xref" href="ChCustPreferencesSection.html#ChCustGUIPrefPage" title="Figure 10.8. The preferences dialog box">Figure 10.8, “The preferences dialog box”</a>, with the "User Interface" page as
default. On the left side is a tree where you can select the page to be
shown.
</p><div class="note" style="margin-left: 0.5in; margin-right: 0.5in;"><table border="0" summary="Note: Note!"><tr><td rowspan="2" align="center" valign="top" width="25"><img alt="[Note]" src="wsug_graphics/note.png"></td><th align="left">Note!</th></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="top"><p>
Preference settings are added frequently. For a recent explanation of
the preference pages and their settings have a look at the
<span class="command"><strong>Wireshark Wiki Preferences page</strong></span> at <a class="ulink" href="http://wiki.wireshark.org/Preferences" target="_top">http://wiki.wireshark.org/Preferences</a>.
</p></td></tr></table></div><p>
</p><div class="warning" style="margin-left: 0.5in; margin-right: 0.5in;"><table border="0" summary="Warning: Warning!"><tr><td rowspan="2" align="center" valign="top" width="25"><img alt="[Warning]" src="wsug_graphics/warning.png"></td><th align="left">Warning!</th></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="top"><p>
The OK or Apply button will not save the preference settings,
you'll have to save the settings by clicking the Save button.
</p></td></tr></table></div><p>
</p><div class="itemizedlist"><ul class="itemizedlist" style="list-style-type: disc; "><li class="listitem"><p>
The <span class="command"><strong>OK</strong></span> button will apply the preferences
settings and close the dialog.
</p></li><li class="listitem"><p>
The <span class="command"><strong>Apply</strong></span> button will apply the preferences
settings and keep the dialog open.
</p></li><li class="listitem"><p>
The <span class="command"><strong>Save</strong></span> button will apply the preferences
settings, save the settings on the hard disk and keep the dialog open.
</p></li><li class="listitem"><p>
The <span class="command"><strong>Cancel</strong></span> button will restore all preferences
settings to the last saved state.
</p></li></ul></div><p>
</p><div class="figure"><a name="ChCustGUIPrefPage"></a><p class="title"><b>Figure 10.8. The preferences dialog box</b></p><div class="figure-contents"><div><img src="wsug_graphics/ws-gui-preferences.png" alt="The preferences dialog box"></div></div></div><br class="figure-break"><div class="section"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a name="ChCustInterfaceOptionsSection"></a>10.5.1. Interface Options</h3></div></div></div><p>
In the Capture preferences it is possible to configure several options for the interfaces
available on your computer. Select the <span class="command"><strong>Capture</strong></span> pane and press the
Interfaces: <span class="command"><strong>Edit</strong></span> button. In this window it is possible to change the
default link-layer header type for the interface, add a comment or choose to hide a
interface from other parts of the program.
</p><div class="figure"><a name="ChCustInterfaceOptionsPage"></a><p class="title"><b>Figure 10.9. The interface options dialog box</b></p><div class="figure-contents"><div><img src="wsug_graphics/ws-gui-interface-options.png" alt="The interface options dialog box"></div></div></div><br class="figure-break"><p>Each row contains options for each interface available on your computer.</p><div class="itemizedlist"><ul class="itemizedlist" style="list-style-type: disc; "><li class="listitem"><p><span class="command"><strong>Device</strong></span>: the device name provided by the operating system.</p></li><li class="listitem"><p><span class="command"><strong>Description</strong></span>: provided by the operating system.</p></li><li class="listitem"><p><span class="command"><strong>Default link-layer</strong></span>: each interface may provide several
link-layer header types. The default link-layer chosen here is the one used when you
first start Wireshark. It is also possible to change this value in
<a class="xref" href="ChCapCaptureOptions.html" title='4.5. The "Capture Options" dialog box'>Section 4.5, “The "Capture Options" dialog box”</a> when you start a capture.
For a detailed description, see <a class="xref" href="ChCapLinkLayerHeader.html" title="4.12. Link-layer header type">Section 4.12, “Link-layer header type”</a>.</p></li><li class="listitem"><p><span class="command"><strong>Comment</strong></span>: a user provided description of the interface.
This comment will be used as a description instead of the operating system
description.</p></li><li class="listitem"><p><span class="command"><strong>Hide?</strong></span>: enable this option to hide the interface from other
parts of the program.</p></li></ul></div></div></div><div class="navfooter"><hr><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="ChCustProtocolDissectionSection.html">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="ChapterCustomize.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="ChCustConfigProfilesSection.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">10.4. Control Protocol dissection </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> 10.6. Configuration Profiles</td></tr></table></div></body></html>
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