Ethereal-users: Re: [ethereal-users] Creating new filters

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From: Jerry Talkington <jerryt@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 20 Jan 2000 10:42:52 -0800
* Brian Capouch (brianc@xxxxxxxxxxx) done spit this rhetoric:
> I just installed ethereal, first from a binary package I found on the
> net, and then from the source which I just built (ethereal 0.8.1, with
> GTK+ 1.2.6, with libpcap 0.4, with libz 1.1.3, without SNMP).
> 
> In both cases, I have been unable to crack how to create new filters.  I
> am a longtime user of tcpdump, and the behavior of ethereal is just like
> it in that respect, EXCEPT when I click on the "Filter" button, and get
> the filter dialog, clicking "NEW" doesn't cause a thing to happen.
> 
> I have read the manpages and the FAQ. Certainly possible that I've
> missed it, but so far I'm stymied.  And obviously, this program will be
> a lot more useful to me once I figure this out.
 
Filling in the filter name and string first, then hitting New should create
the filter.