Ethereal-users: Re: [Ethereal-users] Setting own names in the display

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From: Guy Harris <guy@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 4 May 2001 14:28:33 -0700 (PDT)
> In the display window how can I give MAC addresses my own names instead of the
> one resolved from the network?.

Put into a file ".ethereal/ethers", under your home directory, a list of
mappings from MAC addresses to host names, with the "/etc/ethers"
syntax, e.g.

	0:1:0:0:0:10	hello-sailor

to map the MAC address 0:1:0:0:0:10 to the name "hello-sailor".