Sniffer® Portable Professional User's Guide - NetScout

Autodiscovering Addresses and Names
Using the Address Book
Sniffer Portable Professional provides an autodiscovery feature that
learns the following names and addresses automatically and saves them
in the Address Book:
A network node’s IP address, its associated hardware address, and
domain name
A network node’s NetBIOS name and hardware (MAC address)
An IPX network node’s Netware user name and hardware (MAC)
address
NOTE: To ensure accuracy, autodiscovery discovers source
addresses and not destination addresses.
IMPORTANT: During autodiscovery of Netware user names and MAC
addresses, you must log in to a Netware Server from a DOS window and
type the command userlist /a. This procedure enables Sniffer Portable
Professional to extract login user names and hardware addresses.
To use the autodiscovery feature:
1 Click the autodiscovery button in the Address Book toolbar or
right-click and select Auto Discovery.
The Discovery Option dialog box opens. Select the type of address
to resolve (see Figure 11-3).
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