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| author | Stig Bjørlykke <stig@bjorlykke.org> | 2008-01-21 21:44:34 +0000 |
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| committer | Stig Bjørlykke <stig@bjorlykke.org> | 2008-01-21 21:44:34 +0000 |
| commit | a88efc932543d32a668233ad77ad6bdcc2f8f9ac (patch) | |
| tree | e43d217924c6897ed44b3f81d0afa93c1d964658 /docbook/wsug_src/WSUG_app_files.xml | |
| parent | bc944d8fff50176ffaff784d7d2ccffb1e6a7216 (diff) | |
| download | wireshark-a88efc932543d32a668233ad77ad6bdcc2f8f9ac.tar.gz | |
From Douglas Pratley (bug 1445):
Add a "subnets" file defining a named list of subnets.
svn path=/trunk/; revision=24154
Diffstat (limited to 'docbook/wsug_src/WSUG_app_files.xml')
| -rw-r--r-- | docbook/wsug_src/WSUG_app_files.xml | 38 |
1 files changed, 38 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/docbook/wsug_src/WSUG_app_files.xml b/docbook/wsug_src/WSUG_app_files.xml index c3fc465c54..1762fc9cb3 100644 --- a/docbook/wsug_src/WSUG_app_files.xml +++ b/docbook/wsug_src/WSUG_app_files.xml @@ -204,6 +204,12 @@ <entry>%WIRESHARK%\hosts, %APPDATA%\Wireshark\hosts</entry> </row> <row> + <entry><command>subnets</command></entry> + <entry>IPv4 subnet name resolution.</entry> + <entry>/etc/subnets, $HOME/.wireshark/subnets</entry> + <entry>%WIRESHARK%\subnets, %APPDATA%\Wireshark\subnets</entry> + </row> + <row> <entry><command>ipxnets</command></entry> <entry>IPX name resolution.</entry> <entry>/etc/ipxnets, $HOME/.wireshark/ipxnets</entry> @@ -420,6 +426,38 @@ c0-00-ff-ff-ff-ff TR_broadcast </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> + <term><command>subnets</command></term> + <listitem> + <para> + Wireshark uses the files listed in <xref linkend="AppFilesTabFolders"/> + to translate an IPv4 address into a subnet name. If no exact match from the + hosts file or from DNS is found, Wireshark will attempt a partial match for the subnet + of the address. + </para> + <para> + Each line of this file consists of an IPv4 address, a subnet mask length separated + only by a '/' and a name separated by whitespace. While the address must be a full IPv4 + address, any values beyond the mask length are subsequently ignored. + </para> + + <para> + An example is: + <programlisting> +# Comments must be prepended by the # sign! +192.168.0.0/24 ws_test_network + </programlisting> + </para> + <para> + A partially matched name will be printed as "subnet-name.remaining-address". For example, + "192.168.0.1" under the subnet above would be printed as "ws_test_network.1"; if the mask length + above had been 16 rather than 24, the printed address would be "ws_test_network.0.1". + </para> + <para> + The settings from this file are read in at program start and never + written by Wireshark. + </para> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term><command>ipxnets</command></term> <listitem> <para> |