Re: Interface names on Windows

[Jakub Zawadzki <darkjames-ws () darkjames pl>]

Hi,

On Sun, Oct 28, 2012 at 10:25:30PM +0000, Graham Bloice wrote:
> 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?

if user description:
  - not set than: format("%s (%s)", friendly_name, interface_description)
  - set: only user descr.

Anyway such code should imho go to winpcap.

Regards,
 Jakub.
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