PCAP Data

DeNovoLab Class 4 fusion automatically captures all PCAP and keeps it in hard disk for 7 days. You can configure the pcap capture behavior of switch by modifying the [capture] section of dnl_softswitch.conf. By default it has the following setting:

[capture]
#enable_capture = yes
#enable_compress = yes
pcap_save_day = 7
#Query duration, in hour, default is 24Hours
#pcap_query_duration = 24
#pcap_dir =

Here are the meaning of each fields and you can modify them based on your needs according:

Field NameDescription

enable_capture

Enable switch to capture PCAP of each call. Default is "yes"

enable_compress

Enable switch to auto compress PCAP file. Default is "yes"

pcap_save_day

Number of days to keep pcap in disk. Default is "7"

pcap_query_duration

The switch record pcap data in a per-minute file basis. However, it is likely that a call has long duration and its pcap may span across multiple per-minute file. This variable specify how far ahead the switch will look up for PCAP when a query to look for pcap for a specific call is requested.

pcap_dir

This is the directory where you want pcap to be stored. By default, it is stored in {base dir}/dnl_softswitch/pcap

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