Skip to main content
Skip table of contents

Packets [Total/In/Out]

Number of packets received by Impacted Host (in) or sent by Impacted Host (out) or captured in either direction (total). Often stored in all three fields.

Data Type

Double

Aliases

UseAlias

Client Console Full Name

Host (Impacted) Packets Rcvd

Host (Impacted) Packets Sent

Host (Impacted) Packets Total

Client Console Short Name

Not applicable

Web Console Tab/Name

Host (Impacted) Packets Rcvd

Host (Impacted) Packets Sent

Host (Impacted) Packets Total

Elasticsearch Field Name

itemsPacketsIn

itemsPacketsOut

impactedHostTotalPackets

Rule Builder Column Name

PacketsIn

PacketsOut

Regex Pattern

<packetsin>

<packetsout>

<packets>

NetMon Name

TotalPackets

Field Relationships

  • Packets In/Out
  • Items In/Out

Common Applications

Network traffic analysis.

Use Case

  • Evaluating how much network traffic a given application generates.
  • Measuring average packet size as an indicator of protocol abuse.

MPE/Data Masking Manipulations

Conversion to In/Out.

Usage Standards

Capture total packets if possible.

Examples

  • Tectica SSH server

84540711 | 8/8/2013 1:40:01 AM | None | N/A | USABLDRRECFLOW01| Information | 0 | SSH Tectia Server | 1300 Channel inbound statistics, Username: uninitialized, Session-Id: 29936, Channel Id: 0, Packet count: 15, Packet size: 127

Packet count should be Packets.

JavaScript errors detected

Please note, these errors can depend on your browser setup.

If this problem persists, please contact our support.