Sniffer® Portable Professional User's Guide - NetScout

Chapter 11
Entering Names Manually
Specify the
name,
medium,
hardware
address,
IP/IPX
address, and
type of
network node
in these
fields.
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You can build your own address book by getting hardware addresses and
IP addresses from the host table.
To add a new address to the book, select Address Book from the Tools
menu. Then, click the New Address button in the Address Book
toolbar. The New/Edit Address dialog box opens (Figure 11-2). You can
enter address information for a network node in this dialog box.
Figure 11-2. Entering Names Manually
About the Medium Field
A node Type can be:
Workstation
Server
File Server
Printer Server
Router
Bridge
The Medium field can also be thought of as a topology field – it refers
to the type of network entity for which you are creating an Address Book
entry. The Medium field tells the Sniffer on what types of networks it
should look for this Address Book entry.
The setting of the Medium field also determines the type of HW
Address you can enter. For example, if you set Medium to Ethernet,
blanks are provided in the HW Address field for you to enter a standard
Ethernet hardware address in hexadecimal format.
Hub
Access Point
Mobile Unit