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This way it is possible to e.g. capture the traffic of an IP address starting from an hour ago.  
This way it is possible to e.g. capture the traffic of an IP address starting from an hour ago.  
The capture will also continue with live traffic.  
The capture will also continue with live traffic.  
If the user interface is in “back-in-time” mode (a timespan from the past is selected) starting a capture will produce a dialog asking to confirm that the capture will cover exactly the timespan selected.  
If the user interface is in '''back-in-time''' mode (a timespan from the past is selected) starting a capture will produce a dialog asking to confirm that the capture will cover exactly the timespan selected.  
The capture will automatically stop after the selected timespan has been processed.  
The capture will automatically stop after the selected timespan has been processed.  


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– Full: The whole packet is captured.
– Full: The whole packet is captured.


– Header + data: Capture just certain parts of the packet. When selecting “L3 header”, layer 2 and layer 3 headers are stored.  
– Header + data: Capture just certain parts of the packet. When selecting '''L3 header''', layer 2 and layer 3 headers are stored.  
When selecting “L3 + L4 header”, layer 2, 3 and 4 headers are stored.  
:When selecting '''L3 + L4 header''', layer 2, 3 and 4 headers are stored.  
When selecting “L3 + L4 + L7 data”, an input field is shown where the length of layer 7 data can be configured.  
When selecting '''L3 + L4 + L7 data''', an input field is shown where the length of layer 7 data can be configured. In this case layer 2, 3 and 4 are stored together with the specified amount of layer 7 data.
In this case layer 2, 3 and 4 are stored together with the specified amount of layer 7 data.




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