Ethereal-users: Re: [Ethereal-users] Cryptic entries under network adapter?

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From: Guy Harris <gharris@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 20 Jun 2001 03:52:30 -0700
On Wed, Jun 20, 2001 at 05:03:46AM -0400, Mark Spencer wrote:
> I noticed on one of my notebook computers (Dell Inspiron 5000e running W2K
> and Xircom Realport 56/10/100 NIC) that the entries under the network
> adapter option are rather cryptic.  Anyone know why this is,

Because, unlike NT 4.0, NT 5.0^H^H^H^H^H^HWindows 2000 gives ugly names,
apparently not intended for human use, to network interfaces.

> and if more meaningful data can be displayed here?

That depends on whether that data can be extracted from the OS. 
(Microsoft Network Monitor, on my W2K machine at work, displays a large
pile of stuff about interfaces, but next to none of it seems
particularly meaningful to me, at least when it comes to choosing an
interface on which to capture....)

> I jumped into the Etherpeek 4.1
> evaluation and noticed it shows the descriptions (in English!) of each of
> the entries.

To what sort of descriptions are you referring?  What's an example of
such a description?