The Ethereal Capture menu

The Ethereal Capture menu contains the fields shown in Table 3.

Figure 5. Ethereal Capture Menu

Table 3. Capture menu

Menu ItemAcceleratorDescription
Start...Ctrl-K

This menu item brings up the Capture Preferences dialog box (discussed further in the section called Capturing packets with Ethereal) and allows you to start capturing packets.

StopCtrl-E

This menu item stops the currently running capture.