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Aliases
are easy-to-remember human-readable names that CommView will
substitute for a MAC or IP address when showing the packets on the
Packets and Statistics tabs. This can make packets easier to
recognize and analyze. For example, 00:00:19:2D:0D:35 becomes
GATEWAY2, and ns1.earthlink.com becomes MyDNS.
To add a
MAC alias right-click on a packet and select
Create Alias Using Source MAC or
Using Destination MAC from the
pop-up menu. A window will pop up where the MAC address field is
already filled out, and you will only need to type in an alias.
Alternatively, you can click
Settings =>
MAC
Aliases ... and fill
out the MAC address and Alias fields manually. To delete an alias
or clear the entire aliases list, right-click on the Aliases window
and select
Delete Record or
Clear All. The same
applies to creating IP aliases. When a new IP alias is
created by right-clicking on a packet, the alias field is
pre-filled with the corresponding hostname (if available) and can
be then edited by the user.
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