Ahhhh... a feature of which I was not aware, but will now use extensively!
:-)
Keep in mind, though, that any names you assign that way are assigned
arbitrarily by you. They bear no authenticity beyond that.
--J
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Gilbert Ramirez [mailto:gram@xxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Tuesday, May 16, 2000 2:37 PM
> To: Paul Smith
> Cc: ethereal-users@xxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [ethereal-users] IPX Name Resolution
>
>
> On Tue, May 16, 2000 at 01:47:36PM -0500, Paul Smith wrote:
> >
> >
> > Let me start by saying that I love Ethereal. The first
> thing I did after
> > purchasing my laptop was format the drive, put linux on it
> and compile
> > Ethereal! I had a question about IPX protocol. I am
> watching my network
> > here at the office and I have put static entries for all of
> the IP hosts on
> > the network into my /etc/hosts file so that the live feed
> from ethereal is
> > easier to read. Is there a way to map IPX addresses to a
> simple name, so I
> > can see IPX traffic in real time w/easier names? I have
> captured tethereal
> > feeds into a text file and then replaced the IPX
> information w/"human
> > readible" names, but I would like to do this on the fly.
> Any suggestions?
> >
> > Sincerely,
> > Paul Smith
> >
>
> Look at the FILES section of the ethereal man page. You can use
> /etc/ethers and $HOME/.ethereal/ethers for the MAC addresses
> (IPX address),
> and /etc/ipxnets or $HOME/.ethereal/ipxnets for IPX network numbers.
>
> --gilbert
>
