[jfielding@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]

Richard,

You can achieve the same functionality by editing the manuf file. The last entries show how to specify a single MAC address and name. It's also possible to specify ranges thus:

xx:yy:zz              XYZother        # default for XYZ co products
xx:yy:zz:00/32        XYZprodA        # product A
xx:yy:zz:10/28        XYZprodB        # product B (16 * more popular?)

I find this useful in the few cases where I know MAC address ranges.

Of course, it's not a good idea to edit a file that will be overwritten with the next Ethereal installation. It would be better to have a file (maybe called ethers) in the same directory as preferences and with the same functionality as manuf, with entries in manuf being used unless overridden by entries in ethers.

Julian.

----- Message from Richard Urwin <RUrwin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> on Fri, 24 Oct 2003 10:16:03 +0100 -----
To:        ethereal-dev@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject:        RE: [Ethereal-dev] [patch] save & load hostname-cache
I would much prefer MAC to name resolution using an "ethers" file for
lookup. I do a lot of work with devices that don't talk anything other than
raw ethernet. I guess all three have their uses.

-- 
Richard Urwin, Software Design Engineer 
Schenck Test Automation 
Braemar Court, 1311b Melton Road, Syston, UK. 
rurwin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx 


-----Original Message-----
From: jfielding@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:jfielding@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: 23 October 2003 19:21
To: ethereal-dev@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [Ethereal-dev] [patch] save & load hostname-cache



I have a low priority request for anyone looking at name resolution: I'd
like to be able to disable MAC to IP resolution and see MAC to manuf
resolution. MAC to IP is rarely useful to me (I can see the IP address
further down the tree), MAC to manuf is occasionally useful. I sometimes
disable the ARP dissector to achieve this. 

I guess MAC to IP is more generally useful, so the present behaviour should
be the default. 

Julian.