RE: [Ethereal-users] export analysis - graph generation

[Richard Urwin <RUrwin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> 1) on the subject of graphical output: are there methods to
> represent specific infomration like the TCP sequence numbering
> in a timegraph? 

Set a display filter so only the packets of interest are displayed.

Print the summary as text to a file.

Open the text file in your spreadsheet. I can only describe Excel, I'm
afraid.

The resulting wizard in Excel allows you to define the column layout.

Use fixed width and then add columns so the Seq numbers are in a seperate
column to "Seq=" (otherwise the column will be read as text and you wont be
able to graph it.)

When you have a spreadsheet with the relevant columns in it you can graph it
as normal.

This only works for fields that appear in the summary, because excel takes
each line as one row of the spreadsheet, and then a column range for the
graph axis. It would be necessary to massage the text file with perl or
something if you wanted to start with the expanded view. Anyone fancy
implementing an XML print mode?

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Richard Urwin, Software Design Engineer
Ricardo Test Automation
Open House, 3 Watling Drv., Hinckley, UK.
rurwin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx