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Aliases are easy-to-remember human-readable names that CommView will substitute for a MAC or IP address when showing the packets on the Packets and Statistics tabs. This can make packets easier to recognize and analyze. For example, 00:00:19:2D:0D:35 becomes GATEWAY2, and ns1.earthlink.com becomes MyDNS.
To add a MAC alias right-click on a packet and select Create Alias Using Source MAC or Using Destination MAC from the pop-up menu. A window will pop up where the MAC address field is already filled out, and you will only need to type in an alias. Alternatively, you can click Settings => MAC Aliases … and fill out the MAC address and Alias fields manually. To delete an alias or clear the entire aliases list, right-click on the Aliases window and select Delete Record or Clear All. The same applies to creating IP aliases. When a new IP alias is created by right-clicking on a packet, the alias field is pre-filled with the corresponding hostname (if available) which can then be edited by the user.
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