Lucent Technologies Ethereal - Manual (Page 173)

hosts Ethereal uses the files listed in Table A.1, “Configuration
files and folders overview” to translate IPv4 and IPv6 ad-
dresses into names.
This file has the same format as the usual /etc/hosts file in
unix systems.
An example is:
# Comments must be prepended by the # sign!
192.168.0.1 homeserver
The settings from this file are read in at program start and
never written by Ethereal.
ipxnets Ethereal uses the files listed in Table A.1, “Configuration
files and folders overview” to translate IPX network numbers
into names.
An example is:
C0.A8.2C.00 HR
c0-a8-1c-00 CEO
00:00:BE:EF IT_Server1
110f FileServer3
The settings from this file are read in at program start and
never written by Ethereal.
plugins folder Ethereal searches for plugins in the directories listed in Ta-
ble A.1, “Configuration files and folders overview” . They are
searched in the order listed.
temp folder If you start a new capture and don't specify a filename for it,
Ethereal uses this directory to place that file in, see
Sec-
tion 4.6, “Capture files and file modes” .
A.1. Windows folders
Here you will find some details about the folders used in Ethereal on different Windows versions.
As already mentioned, you can find the currently used folders in the About Ethereal dialog.
A.1.1. Windows profiles
Windows uses some special directories to store user configuration files in, named the user profile.
This can be confusing, as the default directory location changed from version to version and might
also be different for english and internationalized versions of windows.
Note!
If you upgraded to a new windows version, your profile might be kept in the former
location, so the defaults mentioned here might not apply.
The following will try to guide you to the right place where to look for Ethereals profile data.
Configuration (and other) Files and
Folders
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