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Re: Filtering Question


From: Christopher Maynard <Christopher.Maynard () gtech com>
Date: Wed, 8 Feb 2012 15:58:07 +0000 (UTC)

Jonathan S. Weissman <jsw52@...> writes:

What's the difference between ip.src and ip.src_host (and ip.dst and
ip.dst_host and ip.addr vs ip.host)?

They return the same results, so what exactly does the "type" do?

If you enable network name resolution and the IP address resolves to a host
name, you will more easily see the difference.  But even without resolving to a
host name, the difference is illustrated below:

Without network name resolution enabled:
ip.src == 67.228.110.120
ip.src_host == "67.228.110.120"

With network name resolution enabled:
ip.src == 67.228.110.120
ip.src_host == "www.wireshark.org"

The format expected for the first is an IP address and the format expected for
the second is a character string.

- Chris




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