Wireshark-bugs: [Wireshark-bugs] [Bug 11886] Capture filter applied on Capture Options page cann
Comment # 5
on bug 11886
from Gerald Combs
(In reply to Jim Aragon from comment #4)
> (In reply to Gerald Combs from comment #2)
>
> > 2) Typing into the default filter entry updates the per-interface filter for
> > each selected interface. We shouldn't do this.
>
> I'm not sure why you say we shouldn't do this, since the input box at the
> bottom of the window is labeled "Capture Filter for selected Interfaces,"
> which implies that that's exactly what will happen. This page would,
> however, be easier to understand if, as you suggested above, applying
> per-interface capture filters was done as a sub-item under each interface.
After reading the code a bit more you're correct. I checked in a change
(ge57bb19) that applies the filter for each selected interface.
> In any case, having installed a more recent version, I was seeing somewhat
> different behavior, and it was taking me a long time to write up exactly
> what was happening. However, I opened the preferences file in a text editor
> and deleted the string under "Interface capture filter."
You should also be able to do this via Preferences → Advanced →
capture.devices_filter.
> The Capture Options page now seems to be working as expected. That is, I can
> now clear capture filters and they don't keep returning. However, capture
> filters applied on the Capture Options page have NO EFFECT. No matter what I
> enter, ALL traffic is captured. (This was happening before I edited the
> preferences file.)
That's probably my fault in g0ce9ac4. It should be fixed in ge57bb19.
Can you try a recent installer from
https://www.wireshark.org/download/automated/win64/ ? There are still a few
issues that need to be fixed but it should work better.
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