Ethereal-users: RE: [Ethereal-users] name resolution cache?

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From: "Jeeva Chelladhurai" <jeeva@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 12 Feb 2002 16:48:26 -0500
name resolution cache and delayed name resolution while loading packets from
file can improve the performance of ethereal.


> -----Original Message-----
> From: ethereal-users-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:ethereal-users-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Matt Richard
> Sent: Tuesday, February 12, 2002 10:17 AM
> To: ethereal-users@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [Ethereal-users] name resolution cache?
>
>
> Is there a way to make Ethereal cache the addresses it has
> already resolved?
>
> I loaded a trace of a udp flood, with 62,000+ packets with the same
> source and destination address.  Ethereal tried to resolve the
> addresses for each and every packet, even though they were identical.
>
> Needless to say, it would have taken forever, so I canceled and
> re-opened it with name resolution disabled.  It opened in a matter of
> seconds after that!
>
> --
> Matt Richard
> Access and Security Coordinator
> Franklin & Marshall College
> P.O. Box 3003
> Lancaster, PA 17604-3003
> PH: 717-291-4157
> FAX: 717-291-4196
> e-mail: m_richard@xxxxxxxxx
>
>