I would much prefer MAC to name resolution using an "ethers" file for
lookup. I do a lot of work with devices that don't talk anything other than
raw ethernet. I guess all three have their uses.
--
Richard Urwin, Software Design Engineer
Schenck Test Automation
Braemar Court, 1311b Melton Road, Syston, UK.
rurwin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
-----Original Message-----
From: jfielding@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:jfielding@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: 23 October 2003 19:21
To: ethereal-dev@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [Ethereal-dev] [patch] save & load hostname-cache
I have a low priority request for anyone looking at name resolution: I'd
like to be able to disable MAC to IP resolution and see MAC to manuf
resolution. MAC to IP is rarely useful to me (I can see the IP address
further down the tree), MAC to manuf is occasionally useful. I sometimes
disable the ARP dissector to achieve this.
I guess MAC to IP is more generally useful, so the present behaviour should
be the default.
Julian.
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