Wireshark · Wireshark-users: Re: [Wireshark-users] DNS traffic - newbie question

["Hans Nilsson" <hasse_gg@xxxxxxxx>]

Is that really the default? I thought it was off as default.

On Mon, 11 Dec 2006 11:48:32 -0800, "Stephen Fisher"
<stephentfisher@xxxxxxxxx> said:
> On Mon, Dec 11, 2006 at 11:33:14AM -0800, Scott Parkis wrote:
> 
> > I am looking at my capture. My machine is connected via a swith to the 
> > LAN. I have a ton of standard queries coming from my machine going out 
> > to the LAN. Not sure why, I am not making the DNS request. It does go 
> > to my internal DNS servers. But half of the machines are on the LAN 
> > and the other half do not exist.
> > 
> > What is it that I am seeing here. Thanks,
> 
> You're probably seeing DNS requests from Wireshark.  By default, it 
> does a DNS lookup on every IP address it sees in the capture that you're 
> doing.  This can be disabled under the View -> Name Resolution menu by 
> unchecking "Enable for Network Layer."
> 
> 
> Steve
> 
> 
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