Capture Filters

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Focus your capture session by learning how to write and apply capture filters to collect only relevant traffic. Unlike display filters, these run in real time and reduce CPU/storage usage.

Key topics:

  • Writing effective capture filters using BPF syntax

  • Filtering by IP, port, MAC, protocol

  • Common filter expressions for HTTP, DNS, ARP, etc.

  • Limitations and troubleshooting filter errors