Re: [Ethereal-dev] ip.addr != display filter does not work withbcasts/mcasts?

[Guy Harris <gharris@xxxxxxxxx>]

Alok wrote:

> when can i ever use ip.addr!=x.y.z.w in that case??
> in other words if we do have an ip.addr!= option should it not be an 
> implicit Source Or Destination

The packet filter code knows nothing of "ip.addr", so it can't treat it 
differently from other fields - "ip.addr != XXX" means "packet contains 
an 'ip.addr' value that's not XXX", just as "ip.protocol != XXX" means 
"packet contains an 'ip.protocol' value that's not XXX".