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• an ASCII (text) file that contains line entries for each MAC Address entry (these files
must have a .ali filename extension)
The format of address entries in a .ali file is
MACaddress, IP, alias
where MACaddress is the MAC address, IP is the Internet Protocol dot address, and alias
is the alias by which you want the system to be known. Note that entries are separated by
commas. If you want to specify a MAC Address/Alias pair without an IP, the format is:
MACaddress, , alias
Note the two commas separated by a space. You can specify the MAC address with or
with out colons, as long as the format is consistent within the .ali file. Leading zeros are
allowed but not required. For example
00:00:C0:87:49:45, 168.0.0.1, router1
00:00:C0:13:4B:33, 223.188.11.3, Sue’s Accounting PC
-or-
0000C08B4194, 175.203.57. 8, John
C0134B33 Roman
The alias can be no longer than 17 characters.
The “Replace aliases with newly discovered name” option will replace any existing MAC
address/alias pairs in the Address Table with the entry found in the .ali file. If this option is
left unchecked, any pair of existing MAC address/alias entries are not overwritten.
Existing IP address and comment fields are never overwritten by the Import Aliases
action.
Multiple Address Tables
Multiple address tables are supported to allow the saving and reuse of different
address/alias lists (e.g., for multiple sites). The default address table,