Ethereal-dev: Re: [Ethereal-dev] New Dissector: ISMP/EDP (Enterasys DiscoveryProtocol)

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From: Guy Harris <guy@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 2 Jan 2004 15:35:59 -0800
On Fri, Jan 02, 2004 at 11:58:17PM +0100, Martin Regner wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> When comparing to RFC 2641 it looks like a VLanHello Interswitch keepalive
> more or less if you remove the first three octets and except for the ending
> of the frame which seems to not be according to the specification.
> 
> 
> 00 03     ISMP version: 3
> 
> 00 02     ISMP MessageType:  VLANHello Interswitch keepalive
> 
> 99 de     Sequence number : 99de (this one changed between packets)
> 
> 10         Code length: 16 bytes
> 
> 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00    Authentication code:  16
> bytes
> 
> 00 04    Version: 4
> 
> 98 94 90 1b     Switch-ip-address : 152.148.144.27
> 
> 00 00 1d f0 94 ae 06 00 00 00     Switch-ID:  (6 byte Cabletron
> 00-00-1d-xx-xx-xx mac address + logical port number )
> 
> 00 00 1d bf b0 ee   Chassi mac address: (6 byte Cabletron 00-00-1d-xx-xx-xx
> mac address)
> 
> 00 00 00 00   Chassi ip-address: 0.0.0.0
> 
> 00 02     Swtich type: SFVLAN switch
> 
> 04 00 08 00    Functional level :  ?????  Doesn't match the specification I
> looked at

Hmm.

Could this be some form of bridging?