Ethereal-users: Re: [Ethereal-users] Finding One Among the Many

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From: "Guy Harris" <gharris@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 10 Aug 2004 16:07:40 -0700 (PDT)
Tom Naves said:
> I have a simple question with respect to using Ethereal.  If I open a .cap
> file that has a bunch of activity in it and I want to concentrate on the
> exchange between a particular source host and destination host, how do I
> filter the unwanted stuff out.

(If it's an exchange, sometimes a given host will be the source and other
times it'll be the destination.)

Try a display filter of, for example:

    ip.host == {first host} && ip.host == {second host}

if the traffic is IPv4-based.