Windows name servers

Windows 7/Vista offer several networking services, most of them using DNS to provide a naming service. If your network uses a Windows DNS or WINS server, you can access the Ethernet TAP probe by its host name by one of two methods:

If you are using the Windows DHCP server, the Windows DNS or WINS server will be automatically updated with the host name of the Ethernet TAP probe.
If you are not using the Windows DHCP server, you must manually update the Windows DNS or WINS server, either through its GUI or by modifying the local hosts file on the Windows DNS or WINS server with the host name and IP address of the Ethernet TAP probe.

You can also make the Ethernet TAP probe available to selected local workstations by updating the hosts file on each workstation that needs access to the Ethernet TAP probe.

Windows hosts files are located in the %system_root%\system32

\ drivers\etc\ directory.

To update Windows hosts file

Have your network administrator assign an unused IP address and hostname to each Ethernet TAP probe.

Enter each name/address pair into the hosts database file. For example:

128.9.230.61  elvis   # Ethernet TAP 1

128.9.230.62  hayduke # Ethernet TAP 2

After doing the above steps, you can update the Windows host file.