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I use a lot IO Graph in Wireshark but for each capture, I have to set again (and again...) all my "preferences" for X/Y Axis and Graph 2/3 filters and so on...

That is really annoying. I looked at Wireshark Lua reference API but found no way to trigger "IO Graph" window opening with my preferred options.

Is there a way to set default values for IO Graph options ?

What would you recommend me to use to automate this user-interaction task in Wireshark ?

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  • Windows, linux or?? Jul 1, 2014 at 13:51
  • At the moment I analyze traffic on a Windows system but my favorite is Linux... So a solution for either of it (or both) suits me ! Jul 1, 2014 at 14:01
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    I think this is probably more for StackOverflow? Check out sikuli.org for automating GUI applications.
    – Baldrick
    Jul 1, 2014 at 14:05
  • Do you need to see the I/O per host in wireshark or can you use an application like ntop to look at utilization? Jul 1, 2014 at 19:33
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    Aug 8, 2017 at 21:13

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What might be useful here would be an option similar to what Quicken has for reports.

Quicken will, for at least some reports, show them with default options; however, if you've changed the options from the default, you can save the report, with a name, with the new options. That doesn't save the report data, it just saves the options, so if you open up the report with that name, it recalculates the data based on the current state of your Quicken database.

The equivalent for Wireshark would be an option to save an I/O Graph's options with a name; you could then open up the named graph, and it would re-calculate the graph values based on the current capture and display that.

Please file an enhancement request for this at the Wireshark Bugzilla, so that it can be tracked, and you can get notified if and when that feature gets added.

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  • Good idea. In fact I think it will be even more flexible to be able to "drive" the full Wireshark GUI from Lua (but as far as I see, bindings lack)... so that any case, any needs may be fulfilled that way. Jul 2, 2014 at 6:09
  • Being able to drive the GUI from Lua would be useful, but it'd also be useful to be able to remember a given I/O graph without having to write any code, in Lua or any other language.
    – user2373
    Jul 2, 2014 at 6:23
  • I will have to list all configurable dialogs in Wireshark to avoid to create a bugzilla just for IO Graph. If you known already some of these dialogs that may benefits from a "preferences" or "templating" system, just list them here. Thanks Jul 2, 2014 at 6:42

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