intermitant trafffic

[Ref Frazer <androsia () bellsouth net>]

I am a new user to wireshark. I have this problem where my network is experiences a surge in traffic,  but by the time 
I get to the protocol analyzer the data is gone. What is the best way to capture this window with wireshark?    

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