Nodes and traffic in the Peer Map
Nodes and the traffic occurring between them are represented in the following ways in the Peer Map:
• Each dot represents a particular node. When you hold the cursor over a node, the node is highlighted, and a graphical tooltip appears with more information about the node. See Displaying node tooltips. If you click on one or more nodes, the node is highlighted in orange and becomes the focused object in the Peer Map. Subsequent toolbar button or context menu key presses will apply to the focused node.
• The size of the dot represents the number of packets sent from that node, as a percentage of total packets in the window.
• The lines between nodes represent the traffic (or conversation) between them. When you hold the cursor over a line, the line is highlighted in yellow, and a graphical tooltip appears with more information about the traffic occurring between the two nodes. See Displaying node tooltips. If you click on a line, the line is highlighted in orange and becomes the focused object in the Peer Map. Subsequent toolbar button or context menu key presses will apply to the focused conversation line.
• The color of the line represents the protocol. This matches the protocol colors displayed for each protocol in the Protocols task pane of the Configuration tab.
• The thickness of the line represents the volume of the traffic. Specifically, the thickness of the line represents the volume in bytes of the traffic between two nodes, expressed as a percent of all the traffic in the buffer.
TIP: You can drag one or more nodes and lines to other positions within the Peer Map to make it easier to view network traffic occurring with those nodes and lines. To move a node back to within the ellipse, right-click the node and select Arrange. To move all nodes back to within the ellipse, right-click an empty area of the Peer Map and select Arrange All Nodes.