[Ethereal-users] Newbie asks: TCP "problem" detection?

[Joel Noble <jnoble@xxxxxxxx>]

I started using Ethereal yesterday in debugging a strange network 
situation.  Works as well as described: kudos, all!

One thing I was looking for, but did not find: some way where Ethereal can 
draw my attention to evidence of "problems" in TCP sessions, such as:
 - re-transmissions (maybe excessive re-transmissions)
 - slow responses
 - TCP sessions that don't complete a full start-up handshake

Years and years ago, I had a brief exposure to a Network General Sniffer, 
and it's "Expert" mode made these sorts of high-level correlations, if I 
recall correctly.

I suspect that pulling these correlations together across many packets 
isn't something Ethereal does today.  Are there any projects to add this in 
(as a plug in?), or anything like it?  Am I missing the obvious?  Perhaps a 
different tool already exists that can be used in conjunction with Ethereal?

Thanks again to the project contributors for such a great tool!

Joel Noble
jnoble@xxxxxxxx