| Thanks! But the problem is: why the first half of my test transmission shows normal packet info, but the second half show "TCP segment of a reassembled PDU"?
 To be more concrete, my server is FTP, but i changed its port to another one from 21. In the first half of the whole transmission process, the info shown is like the following:
 ========================================
 server->client SEQ=... ACK... LEN... WinSize...
 server->client SEQ=... ACK... LEN... WinSize...
 client->server SEQ=... ACK... LEN... WinSize...
 server->client SEQ=... ACK... LEN... WinSize...
 server->client SEQ=... ACK... LEN... WinSize...
 client->server SEQ=... ACK... LEN... WinSize...
 server->client SEQ=... ACK... LEN... WinSize...
 server->client SEQ=... ACK... LEN... WinSize...
 client->server SEQ=... ACK... LEN... WinSize...
 ========================================
 But as to the second half of the transmission:
 ========================================
 server->client TCP segment of a reassembled PDU
 server->client TCP segment of a reassembled PDU
 client->server SEQ=... ACK... LEN... WinSize...
 server->client TCP segment of a reassembled PDU
 server->client TCP segment of a reassembled PDU
 client->server SEQ=... ACK... LEN... WinSize...
 server->client TCP segment of a reassembled PDU
 server->client TCP segment of a reassembled PDU
 client->server SEQ=... ACK... LEN... WinSize...
 ========================================
 why does such difference exist?
 
 BTW:why regularly every two "server->client" packets map a single "client->server" packet?
 
 
 > Date: Mon, 26 May 2008 12:36:22 -0700
 > From: guy@xxxxxxxxxxxx
 > To: wireshark-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
 > Subject: Re: [Wireshark-users] what does "TCP segment of a reassembled PDU" mean?
 >
 > Xu nanxuan wrote:
 > > When downloading a big file from the server, initially the info in the
 > > list column of wireshark sound reasonable. However, as the downloading
 > > process ends(using totally about 60 secs), the time stamp in wireshark
 > > console just passed 30 secs. And in the next 60-30=30 secs, only "TCP
 > > segment of a reassembled PDU" is shown in the list column, while the
 > > detail info of each these packets are still reasonable.
 > >
 > > Then 2 questions:
 > > 1.what does "TCP segment of a reassembled PDU" mean?
 >
 > It means that Wireshark thinks the packet in question contains part of a
 > packet (PDU - "Protocol Data Unit") for 
 a protocol that runs on top of TCP.
 >
 > If the reassembly is successful, the TCP segment containing the last
 > part of the packet will show the packet.
 >
 > The reassembly might fail if some TCP segments are missing.
 >
 > > 2.If i do not want to see "TCP segment of a reassembled PDU", how can i
 > > view the correct info just as those in the first "30 secs"?
 >
 > Turn off TCP reassembly in the preferences for TCP.
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