Ethereal-users: RE: [ethereal-users] IPX Name Resolution

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From: "McNutt, Justin M." <McNuttJ@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 17 May 2000 10:32:38 -0500
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
>