Wireshark also has a personal hosts file. Check the man page for
details (or a copy in your web browser by going to Help - Manual Pages -
Wireshark) for more details. The location of this hosts file can be
found in Help - About - [Folders] tab under "Personal configuration."
On Mon, Dec 24, 2007 at 12:59:29AM +0100, Jaap Keuter wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Isn't this what /etc/hosts is for?
>
> Thanx,
> Jaap
>
> ColfaxNet Support wrote:
> > Wireshark.....wonderful tool!!
> >
> > Is there a way to define labels for packets that meet certain
> > criteria and have them labeled in the capture display?
> >
> > For example, packets that contain IP address 1.2.3.4 could have the IP
> > address (1.2.3.4) replaced with a label of our chosing i.e. test
> > computer, etc. This may also be used for MAC address, etc.
> >
> > Once something about a packet is identified, we could then label the
> > packets that contain the same criteria as a name such as "test
> > computer", etc. This would make is much easier to be able to glance at
> > the capture window and to determine what device is creating that
> > particular packet. This labeling would also be able to be viewed in the
> > different report screens.
> >
> > One of the other capture programs calls this function creating an alias.
> >
> > Your thoughts and efforts are greatly appreciated.
> >
> > Corey
> > support@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:support@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >
>
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