System information

Discover Network Names Mode 201
Right-Click Menu
• Start Packet Capture on station address(es)—activates the Filters dialog.
• Start Packet Capture on pair address(es)—activates the Filters dialog.
• Create Filter on station address(es)—activates the Filters dialog.
• Create Filter on pair address(es)—activates the Filters dialog.
• Find—displays the Find dialog.
• Settings—displays the Settings dialog.
• Show Alias—displays the station’s alias name.
• Show IP Address—displays the station’s IP address.
• Show Hardware Address—displays the station’s hardware address.
Discover Using: Selections
Observer’s Discover Network Names will auto-alias network addresses that it finds in
three possible ways: IP, IPX, or Microsoft (Msft). Each of these methods has specific
configuration options. Configuration of each method is done by first clicking the protocol
option (i.e., IP, IPX, or M
SFT) button, and then clicking the SETUP icon on the Discover
Network Names toolbar.
The default mode is IP. In this mode, Observer will first try to ARP all of the addresses in
the IP address range given in the IP configuration twice, and then listen for any additional
hard addresses that may show up over time.
IP Discovery Setup
In this dialog you specify the range of IP addresses that you would like Discover Network
Names to find. You need to enter your local IP address (in the setup) for packet formation
purposes.
Discover Network Names finds IP addresses by sending two ARPs to each address within
the specified range, then listens passively for any new IP addresses that may show up on
the network.