Ethereal-users: Re: [ethereal-users] Display filter question

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From: Gilbert Ramirez <gram@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 9 Sep 2000 23:30:18 -0400
On Sat, Sep 09, 2000 at 05:46:24PM -0700, Gary Taylor wrote:
> The following attempts fail.  Note that I'm trying not to display the nbns
> traffic (for starters).
> 
> 
> 	ip.addr eq 149.82.78.133 and ip.addr eq 149.82.78.146 and ne nbns
> 	ip.addr eq 149.82.78.133 and ip.addr eq 149.82.78.146 and != nbns
> 	ip.addr eq 149.82.78.133 and ip.addr eq 149.82.78.146 != nbns
> 	ip.addr eq 149.82.78.133 and ip.addr eq 149.82.78.146 and != nbns.*
> 	ip.addr eq 149.82.78.133 and ip.addr eq 149.82.78.146 || !nbns.*
> 
> 
> After I define the filter in either place I hit reload and the trace reloads,
> but no change in what I see.

I'm surprised that you don't get a parse error for this. The
correct way to say "not nbns" is, well, "not nbns"

ip.addr eq 149.82.78.133 and ip.addr eq 149.82.78.146 and not nbns

--gilbert