Wireshark · Ethereal-dev: Re: [Ethereal-dev] Feature request - TCP Retransmission labeling

[Guy Harris <guy@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Wednesday, August 6, 2003, at 11:16 AM, Kevin wrote:

> Could the same type of feature be added to TCP Retransmission frames?  
> That is the frame number that is being retransmitted and possibly the 
> delta time between them?

It looks as if it identifies suspected retransmissions.

However, in TCP, there isn't necessarily *a* frame that's being 
retransmitted, although that might be the typical case - a frame could 
retransmit data from several frames.  Ethereal currently doesn't 
identify the frame or frames being retransmitted.

> Really stretching, in the original frame, could there be an indicator 
> that says it was retransmitted?

That might be possible as well, although you'd only get it in Ethereal, 
not Tethereal (Tetheeal is, by design and intent, a single-pass 
program).