Ethereal-users: Re: [Ethereal-users] Filters and Stopping Captures

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From: Guy Harris <guy@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 1 Aug 2001 12:24:36 -0700 (PDT)
> When I try to create a filter to monitor a particular source or
> destination address (e.g., 10.10.10.10).  I get a message "Unable to
> Parse filter string (parses error) ri 8" when I try to apply the filter
> and invoke the capture process.  How is the filter string setup for
> real-time capture suppose to work?

	src host 10.10.10.10

to look for packets with that source IP address,

	dst host 10.10.10.10

to look for packets with that destination IP address, and

	host 10.10.10.10

to look for packets with that IP address as source or destination.

> Also, if I try to stop the capture from the Drop down menu and not the
> Ethereal: Capture box.  I was unable to stop Ethereal afterwards from
> either.  If I initially Stop Ethereal from the Ethereal: Capture box it
> will stop.  Is this a bug or am I doing something wrong.

There's probably a bug somewhere.