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Wireshark-users: Re: [Wireshark-users] name resolution / Wireshark hosts file

From: Jim Aragon <Jim@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 15 Aug 2013 18:55:06 -0700
At 04:29 PM 8/15/2013, Christopher Maynard wrote:

>Stuart Kendrick <skendric@...> writes:
>
>> OK, so I've created a hosts file:
>>
>> 10.1.2.3    Me   # My PC
>>
>> in C:\Users\{username}\AppData\Roaming\Wireshark
>>
>> What am I missing?
>
>This would appear to be bug 8817:
> https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=8817

You can place the hosts file in the configuration directory for the profile that you are using, or, if you want the hosts file to apply to all profiles (and all users), you can place it in the Wireshark program directory. Those locations appear to still function properly.

Jim