Wireshark-dev: Re: [Wireshark-dev] Calling the NR-MAC dissector
From: Pascal Quantin <pascal@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 18 Jul 2019 22:46:52 +0200
Hi Andre

Le jeu. 18 juil. 2019 à 22:43, Andre Puschmann <andre.puschmann@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> a écrit :
Hi Pascal,

thanks for the quick reply. But enabling it can only be done at
compile-time or is there a hidden config I can use with pre-built binaries

No, you simply need to go to Analyze -> Enabled Protocols and check the mac_nr_udp box.

Best regards,
Pascal.


Thanks
Andre



On 18/7/19 22:05, Pascal Quantin wrote:
> Hi Andre,
>
> Le jeu. 18 juil. 2019 à 22:02, Andre Puschmann
> <andre.puschmann@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> <mailto:andre.puschmann@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>> a écrit :
>
>     Hey,
>
>     I am trying to use the MAC-NR dissector with a PCAP that capsules the
>     PDUs in UDP frames. It wasn't working out of the box but looking into
>     the code it seems the heuristic isn't enabled by default. The attached
>     trivial patch fixes the issue and Wireshark can dissect NR PDUs within
>     UDP packets. Any reason why this isn't enabled by default? What's the
>     preferred way to create and analyze NR captures?
>
>
> Yes it is not enabled by default for performance reasons (like the LTE
> MAC dissector by the way).
> Given that it is used by quite few people I do not think it makes sense
> to enable it by default.
>
> Best regards,
> Pascal.
>
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