Interface names on Windows

[Graham Bloice <graham.bloice () trihedral com>]

I've been hacking around trying to improve the display of interface names
on Windows.

Currently there are 3 components displayed in various dialogs and command
line responses; the interface "guid"
(\Device\NPF_{C2E403B5-FAD0-479C-96FD-0E44EB22CD74}), the interface
description from WinPCap (Intel(R) 82579LM Gigabit Network Connection) and
the Wireshark friendly name as supplied by the user (the comment set in the
Preferences | Interface Options).

There is also a fourth possible component; the "friendly" name assigned to
the interface in the Control Panel "Network Connections" applet.  This is
held in the registry and is easily retrieved given the interface "guid" and
a few lines of code.

Personally I don't find the interface "guid" or the interface description
(often just "Microsoft") of much use, and the other two components are
somewhat mutually exclusive as they can both be set by the user and hence
likely to be similar.

Has anyone got any preferences for which components should be displayed,
and in what order?

--
Graham Bloice

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