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Ethereal-users: RE: [Ethereal-users] Re: ip addresses in parenthesis in InternetP rotocol frames

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From: "Francisco Alcoba (TS/EEM)" <francisco.alcoba@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 1 Jul 2005 07:51:46 +0200
Hi,

Go to "View->Name Resolution->Enable for Network Layer", and then
reload the capture. However, this will only change what you see if 
Ethereal is able to find a name for the IP address. Since yours are 
private, it is very likely that you see no change. So, to answer 
your question: what you see between the parentheses is the IP address; what
you see before that is

 - a name if name resolution is active and Ethereal can find out 
   which name corresponds to the address
 - the IP address otherwise

Regards,
 Francisco

> -----Original Message-----
> From: ethereal-users-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:ethereal-users-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: jueves, 30 de junio de 2005 6:32
> To: ronnie sahlberg
> Cc: Ethereal user support
> Subject: [Ethereal-users] Re: ip addresses in parenthesis in
> InternetProtocol frames
> 
> 
> Thanks a lot fot the (rapid) answer.
> I am quite a newbie to ethereal :May I ask: How do you 
> enable name resolution for ip addresses ? 
> 
> John
> 
> On 6/30/05, ronnie sahlberg <ronniesahlberg@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > enable name resolution for ip addresses and you will see 
> how they differ.
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > On 6/30/05, John Que <qwejohn@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > Hello,
> > >
> > > Hello,
> > >
> > >  When I try to read the contentns of pacekets sent by IP 
> with Ethereal
> > > Sniffer I always see that in the lower windows , when displaying
> > > the IP addresses of src and reciever, the same addresses appear
> > > also in parenthesis.
> > >
> > > For examplle:
> > >
> > > Frame 15...
> > > Ethernet II
> > > Internet Protocol,Src Addr: 192.168.0.56 (192.168.0.56), Dst Adr
> > > 192.168.0.13 (192.168.0.13).
> > >
> > > What is he meaning of this ip addresses in parenthesis? 
> are the always
> > > the same as the non-parenthesis IP addreses?
> > >
> > > Regards,
> > > John
> > >
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