On Fri, Sep 13, 2002 at 07:50:55AM -0700, Greg Tomkins wrote:
> i hate to ask what has to be the worlds most moronic question, but i read
> the menu for an hour and i'm stumped. i just want to use Display Filters to
> limit the display to a specific IP. i added a filter
> 'ip.addr==10.10.98.152', saved, etc. when i try to use it, i get 'Unexpected
> end of filter string'.
If you try putting the expression
ip.addr == 10.10.98.152
into the filter box, that should work.
If you save the filer with a name like "myfilter", and try putting
myfilter
into the filter box, that will *NOT* work.
The way you use a filter is to put the filter expression into the filter
box. The *ONLY* reason to save a filter is if you want to use it again
in the future; the way you use a saved filter is to click the "Filter:"
button, select the filter in the dialog box that pops up, and click
"OK", *NOT* to type the name of the filter into the filter box
(supporting names of filters in that box runs the risk of filters that
could either be interpreted as filter expressions or filter names, with
no way for Ethereal to determine which is the right interpretation).