Ethereal-users: Re: [Ethereal-users] Eureka!

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From: Guy Harris <gharris@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 23 Mar 2001 02:23:41 -0800
On Thu, Mar 22, 2001 at 04:25:07PM +0000, Gregory OSINAIKE wrote:
> I understand the problem about resolving Ethernet MAC addresses so i am
> giving up on that. The source/destination addresses are still in MAC
> form

To which addresses are you referring?  The ones in the list of packets
(topmost pane), or the ones in the dissected packet's protocol tree
(middle pane)?

If it's the ones in the list of packets, that's presumably because you
configured Ethereal to show link-layer addresses in the "Source" and
"Destination" columns; you can change them back to show network
addresses or, if it can resolve them, host names ("Source address" and
"Destination address") by selecting the "Preferences" item from the
"Edit" menu, selecting the "Columns" tab in the "Preferences" dialog
box, clicking on "Source", selecting "Source address" in the "Column
format" item, clicking "Change", clicking on "Destination", selecting
"Destination address" in the "Column format" item, clicking "Change",
clicking "Save", clicking "OK", and then exiting and restarting
Ethereal.