Wireshark · Ethereal-dev: Re: [ethereal-dev] Changes to boost maximum packet size checked in

["Gilbert Ramirez Jr." <gram@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

As Guy Harris said:
> This would, I think, mean not making that field in the "Capture
> Preferences" dialog box be a spin box; the spin box is somewhat nice in
> that it can limit you to values between the minimum and maximum (it's
> currently not set up to limit you to values at or above the minimum, but
> I'll be checking in a change to do that), but maybe there's some way to
> let it be either a number or a special value.
> 
> It might also be nice to have it default to "no limit", as "snoop" and
> Network Monitor do, at least for those of us who deal a lot with
> protocols above the transport layer.

Yes, a "no limit" default would be good. Sniffer lets you choose only
pre-defined capture lengths (64, 128, 256, 512 bytes etc.). A radio
button group with the last radio button containing a spin box might work:

    o Full packet
    o 64 bytes
    o 128 bytes
    o 256 bytes
    o 512 bytes
    o 1024 bytes
    o Variable   [ ### ] ^v          (this is the spin box)

--gilbert 


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