From 6e11f6f0b51cfc28e3f15f4d9246e8a800f92331 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Gilbert Ramirez Date: Sun, 21 Nov 1999 16:32:23 +0000 Subject: Enable IPX network name resolution by providing for an /etc/ipxnets and a $HOME/.ethereal/ipxnets file. get_ipxnet_name() and other functions, similar to get_ether_name() and friends, have been added. svn path=/trunk/; revision=1085 --- doc/ethereal.pod.template | 25 +++++++++++++++++++++++-- 1 file changed, 23 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) (limited to 'doc/ethereal.pod.template') diff --git a/doc/ethereal.pod.template b/doc/ethereal.pod.template index 515a0c6549..4b4f76b442 100644 --- a/doc/ethereal.pod.template +++ b/doc/ethereal.pod.template @@ -617,8 +617,29 @@ the display filter. The type of the field is also given. =head1 FILES B is consulted to correlate 6-byte hardware addresses to names. If an address is not -found in B, the -B<$HOME/.ethereal/ethers> file is consulted next. +found in B, the B<$HOME/.ethereal/ethers> file is consulted next. Each line +contains one hardware address and name, separated by whitespace. +The digits of the hardware address are separated by either a colon (:), a dash (-), or +a period (.). The following three lines are valid lines of an ethers file: + + ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff Broadcast + c0-00-ff-ff-ff-ff TR_broadcast + 00.00.00.00.00.00 Zero_broadcast + +B matches the 3-byte vendor portion of a 6-byte hardware address with +the manufacturer's name. The format of the file is the same as the B file, +except that each address is three bytes instead of six. + +B and B<$HOME/.ethereal/ipxnets> correlate 4-byte IPX network numbers to names. +The format is the same as the B file, except that each address if four bytes +instead of six. Additionally, the address can be represented a single hexadecimal number, +as is more common in the IPX world, rather than four hex octets. For example, these four +lines are valid lines of an ipxnets file. + + C0.A8.2C.00 HR + c0-a8-1c-00 CEO + 00:00:BE:EF IT_Server1 + 110f FileServer3 =head1 SEE ALSO -- cgit v1.2.3