Wireshark · Wireshark-bugs: [Wireshark-bugs] [Bug 11297] New: 802.11 TX Rate sorting issue

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Bug ID	11297
Summary	802.11 TX Rate sorting issue
Product	Wireshark
Version	1.12.6
Hardware	x86
OS	Windows 7
Status	UNCONFIRMED
Severity	Major
Priority	Low
Component	GTK+ UI
Assignee	bugzilla-admin@wireshark.org
Reporter	tdotreppe@aircrack-ng.org

Created attachment 13682 [details]
Capture file to show the sorting issue

Build Information:
Version 1.12.6 (v1.12.6-0-gee1fce6 from master-1.12)

Copyright 1998-2015 Gerald Combs <gerald@wireshark.org> and contributors.
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO
warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

Compiled (64-bit) with GTK+ 2.24.23, with Cairo 1.10.2, with Pango 1.34.0, with
GLib 2.38.0, with WinPcap (4_1_3), with libz 1.2.5, with SMI 0.4.8, with c-ares
1.9.1, with Lua 5.2, without Python, with GnuTLS 3.2.15, with Gcrypt 1.6.2,
without Kerberos, with GeoIP, with PortAudio V19-devel (built Jun 17 2015),
with
AirPcap.

Running on 64-bit Windows 7 Service Pack 1, build 7601, with WinPcap version
4.1.3 (packet.dll version 4.1.0.2980), based on libpcap version 1.0 branch
1_0_rel0b (20091008), GnuTLS 3.2.15, Gcrypt 1.6.2, with AirPcap 4.1.3 build
3348.
      Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-2630QM CPU @ 2.00GHz, with 12265MB of physical
memory.


Built using Microsoft Visual C++ 10.0 build 40219

Wireshark is Open Source Software released under the GNU General Public
License.

Check the man page and http://www.wireshark.org for more information.
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I use a custom column using '802.11 TX Rate' and when sorting it, it partially
failed. Basically, you can see rates from 12 to 54. Then, 6.0 and 6.5 were
added after 54.

It feels like sorting might be done using strings when in this case, it should
be done as a floating point number.

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