Wireshark-bugs: [Wireshark-bugs] [Bug 7339] New: Add network name lookup capability
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Date: Wed, 6 Jun 2012 12:01:55 -0700 (PDT)
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=7339

           Summary: Add network name lookup capability
           Product: Wireshark
           Version: SVN
          Platform: All
        OS/Version: All
            Status: NEW
          Severity: Enhancement
          Priority: Low
         Component: Wireshark
        AssignedTo: bugzilla-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
        ReportedBy: christopher.maynard@xxxxxxxxx


Build Information:
SVN 43146
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When you have large capture files containing traffic from multiple subnets, it
is not practical to have host name lookup in a hosts file for every IP address;
however, it would be nice if you could specify a subnet along with a name for
that subnet so that you could more easily tell the subnets apart.  I don't know
if this would be a modification of reading the hosts file, or a slight
modification of the networks file to include a netmask field, or an entirely
new, Wireshark-specific file.

For example, entries (in whatever file) might look like the following:
10.1.1.0/24           Customer1
10.2.1.0/24           Customer2
etc.

Then when an IP address appears, say 10.1.1.142, if name resolution is enabled,
Wireshark will display it as:

10.1.1.142 (Customer1.142)

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