Wireshark · Wireshark-dev: Re: [Wireshark-dev] tcp graphs vs. sctp graphs

[Martin Mathieson <martin.r.mathieson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Wed, Nov 14, 2012 at 3:54 AM, Cristian Constantin <const.crist@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

On Tue, Nov 13, 2012 at 9:15 PM, Alexander Koeppe <format_c@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Am 12.11.2012 11:41, schrieb Cristian Constantin:
>> hi!
>>
>> I am just a bit confused about the way the tcp graphs are presented to
>> the user.
>> I am using debian/Version 1.6.5
>>
>> 1. tcp. if one selects (for example):
>>
>> Statistics/TCP Stream Graph/Window Scaling Graph
>>
>> from the main menu, one gets the graph from the perspective of the
>> endpoint which is
>> represented by source ip address, source ip port of the frame containing
>> the tcp segment
>> selected in the main wireshark window, right?
>
> Right. As the source can only tell something about the window available
> on it's end in the ACK packages, this selection has being used to graph
> the values. It's up to the user choosing the right direction as it has
> been done with the other graphs (let along the oposite direction of the
> values graphed in the other graphs).

cristian: yes, but my point was that for sctp this is done in a much more
intuitive fashion, which imo is more user friendly.

>
>> for getting the graph for the other endpoint, I have to close the
>> current graph and select a tcp
>> segment with the source ip/port of the other endpoint and select again:
>>
>> Statistics/TCP Stream Graph/Window Scaling Graph
>>
>> wouldn't have been more intuitive and easier to use (from the user
>> perspective) changing the
>> graph dynamically when another source endpoint is selected in the main
>> window? or to present
>> such a choice in the tcp graph windows?
>
> You mean to add a option to the graph control window, fired up in the
> background to toggle between the direction?
>

crisitian: yes, something like that. from what I understand from
martin this should be available in newer versions.

You don't get to flip the direction inside the graph window, but you can now also launch the graph in either direction from the conversation table window (see screenshot).  You could find the TCP connection that you are interested in, then click both graph buttons to launch both graphs.

Regards,

Martin

 

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