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Wireshark-users: Re: [Wireshark-users] Suggestion

From: János Löbb <janos.lobb@xxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 6 Jan 2012 14:38:27 -0500
On Jan 5, 2012, at 1:32 PM, James Howard Young wrote:

> Hello Janos,
> 
> On 1/5/12 12:45 PM, "János Löbb" <janos.lobb@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> It would be nice if in the case of a display filtered stream
>> by right clicking on a packet a window would be available to
>> show "neighboring"  unfiltered packets.
>> 
>> That would allow me to see - without Clearing the filter - to
>> see what query, a few packets before,  produced the result
>> shown by the packet in question. Similarly to the "Show
>> Packets in new window", just it would "Show neighboring
>> unfiltered packets in new window"
>> 
>> Neighborhood could be set in preferences for :
>> by packet numbers.
>> by SEQ/ACK
>> by ....
>> 
>> and the range also could be configurable from 1 to 100 or so
>> before and after the packet.
> 
> That sounds like it could be a useful feature.
> 
> So that this suggestion doesn't get lost you can file an enhancement
> request in Wireshark's Bug Tracker at:
> 
>  https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/
> 
> FWIW: 
> 
> My workaround for the lack of this type of functionality is
> to simply run two (2) instances of Wireshark.  I'll open the
> same tracefile in both copies; one Wireshark instance displays
> the "cooked" (filtered) packets while the other instance
> displays the "raw" (unfiltered) packets.  This method allows
> me to easily "goto" to an area of interest in the unfiltered
> view simply by noting a packet number of interest from the
> filtered view.  Of course this particular technique won't
> work unless the same trace file is available to both Wireshark
> instances.  This method is also somewhat of a pain to setup
> to get two copies of Wireshark displayed in a usable manner
> on a typical laptop display.
> 
> Best regards,
> 
> 
> Jim Young
> 
Hi Jim,

I filed a request: Bug 6714 
For workaround I am doing the same as you.

Thanks,

János