Wireshark · Wireshark-dev: Re: [Wireshark-dev] tcp graphs vs. sctp graphs

[Cristian Constantin <const.crist@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Tue, Nov 13, 2012 at 9:15 PM, Alexander Koeppe <format_c@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Am 12.11.2012 11:41, schrieb Cristian Constantin:
>> hi!
>>
>> I am just a bit confused about the way the tcp graphs are presented to
>> the user.
>> I am using debian/Version 1.6.5
>>
>> 1. tcp. if one selects (for example):
>>
>> Statistics/TCP Stream Graph/Window Scaling Graph
>>
>> from the main menu, one gets the graph from the perspective of the
>> endpoint which is
>> represented by source ip address, source ip port of the frame containing
>> the tcp segment
>> selected in the main wireshark window, right?
>
> Right. As the source can only tell something about the window available
> on it's end in the ACK packages, this selection has being used to graph
> the values. It's up to the user choosing the right direction as it has
> been done with the other graphs (let along the oposite direction of the
> values graphed in the other graphs).

cristian: yes, but my point was that for sctp this is done in a much more
intuitive fashion, which imo is more user friendly.

>
>> for getting the graph for the other endpoint, I have to close the
>> current graph and select a tcp
>> segment with the source ip/port of the other endpoint and select again:
>>
>> Statistics/TCP Stream Graph/Window Scaling Graph
>>
>> wouldn't have been more intuitive and easier to use (from the user
>> perspective) changing the
>> graph dynamically when another source endpoint is selected in the main
>> window? or to present
>> such a choice in the tcp graph windows?
>
> You mean to add a option to the graph control window, fired up in the
> background to toggle between the direction?
>

crisitian: yes, something like that. from what I understand from
martin this should be available in newer versions.

thanks.
bye now!