Ethereal-users: Re: [Ethereal-users] name resoulition option

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From: "Erick B." <erickbe@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 30 May 2001 15:18:32 -0700 (PDT)
Guy,

That did it. Thanks. I was looking under preferences
before and I didn't think to look under Display
options. 

--- Guy Harris <guy@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Is there a preference somewhere to disable DNS
> Name
> > Lookups when loading files by default?
> 
> In Ethereal 0.8.18 or later:
> 
> 	Pop up the "Display Options" dialog box ("Display"
> menu,
> 	"Options" item), and then turn the "Enable name
> resolution"
> 	option off.  Then click "OK".
> 
> 	Then pop up the "Preferences" dialog box ("Edit"
> menu,
> 	"Preferences" item), click "Save", and click "OK". 
> 
> That will write out the current preferences, which,
> as of 0.8.18,
> includes the initial setting of the "do host name
> lookups" option.
> 
> (Or add the line
> 
> 	name_resolve: FALSE
> 
> to your ".ethereal/preferences" file.)


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