On Jul 16, 2012, at 7:03 PM, Guy Harris wrote:

> 
> On Jul 16, 2012, at 9:56 AM, Michael Tuexen wrote:
> 
>> One problem with a global capture filter is, that it might apply to some 
>> interfaces,
>> but not to all. That is why we make the capture filter a "per interface" 
>> setting.
>> This way we can check if it makes sense (showing it with a green or red 
>> background).
> 
> And if it's global, you can attempt to compile it with the link-layer header 
> types for all of the selected interfaces and show it with a red background if 
> any of those attempts fail.
Hmm. Makes sense. You don't know which one fails, but at least it is an 
indication.
Irene can take a look. I think we had this at one stage...

Best regards
Michael
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