> As long as we're making suggestions, I'd like to see some way to > configure what shows up in that window (or in the list printed by > tethereal). Maybe a command line list like > --show-stats IP,TCP,SNMP,H.323 (or a shorter name for those of us > who like single char opts better...)
See also the thread "using Ethereal for generating trace files etc ..." started by Richard Sharpe. > One could get even more general and have x slots with filters > so a user > could show the number of IPv4-TCP SYNs and the number of > IPv6-TCP SYNS. > Of course, that would mean evaluating up to X filters which > might slow > the code down significantly. > As an aside, I seldom look at the stats window when capturing > live. I > generally only use it as a summary. Maybe one option is to > be able to > turn it off when capturing and then do the processing at the end. I think you're confusing the short stats window updated during the capture and the Tools->Protocol Hierarchy Statistics window here.
