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Wireshark-users: [Wireshark-users] IP name resolution issue

From: George Vandelet <george_vandelet@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 12 Aug 2010 13:06:08 -0700 (PDT)

Wireshark Superusers,

 

Pardon the second email on this.  I sent the first without a title so it may have been dropped by your SPAM filters.

 

Thank you.

 

George




From: George Vandelet <george_vandelet@xxxxxxxxx>
To: Wireshark Community <wireshark-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wed, August 11, 2010 3:52:22 PM
Subject: [Wireshark-users] (no subject)

Wireshark Superusers,
 
I am using the new beta version of wireshark "Version 1.4.0rc2 (SVN Rev 33665 from /trunk-1.4)" on a windows XP laptop with Service Pack 3. 
 
I like and have used the feature to manually resolve the IP addresses to a name that I determine instead of showing the IP address.  Unforutunately, if I use this feature, it does not allow me to change the resolved IP name back to an IP.  I have to close the Wireshark application to get back to seeing IPs again. 
 
Is there a way to change the resolved IP addresses back to unresolved IP addresses without having to shut down the Wireshark application? Also, is there a trick to just manually resolving a single IP address rather than the entire file?
 
Thanks,
 
George
 
PS.  The way that I am resolving the IPs to a host name is as follows
 
    Have the cursor on the IP address that I wish to resolve.
    right click and select "manually Resolve Adress"
    type in the name that I wish the IP to resolve to
    check the "enable network name resolution"
    and click OK