[John McDermott <jjm@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Am I being overly simplistic here, or could we add information to the 
per-packet structure indicating the appropriate hash entry in the 
conversation hash?  Then the right click menu handler could have access 
to that information.  Or am I missing something fundamental?

--john

Ian Schorr wrote:
> I love the conversation list feature.  However, when I'm analyzing a 
> trace and deciding that I want to concentrate on a particular 
> "conversation" based on something I'm seeing while examining the packet 
> view, I shouldn't have to bring up the conversation list (and reprocess 
> the entire trace), find the conversation that I want a second time, and 
> THEN filter down.  Conversation list is for a different mental "mode" of 
> analysis.
>
> I often find it useful to select "Follow TCP stream" from the packet 
> list, 
> > In ethereal,  Tools/Statistics/Conversation List/UDP
> > click a conversation and select to filter using the popup menu


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