Ethereal-dev: Re: [Ethereal-dev] IEEE 802a

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From: Guy Harris <gharris@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 06 Jan 2005 01:27:49 -0800
Giles Scott wrote:

Send me a packet capture and I'll take a look at adding it (I've got the
ieee spec).

The OUI Extended Ethertype is more of a framework for protocols than much of a protocol itself; I've checked in a dissector for the OUI Extended Ethertype stuff that provides a framework into which dissectors can be plugged, similar to the framework for SNAP (not surprising, given that the protocol is clearly modeled after SNAP).

I have no captures with which to test it (not that there's much to test, given that there aren't any dissectors for protocols running atop the OUI Extended Ethertype; all it'll do is display the OUI and protocol ID).

There's nothing for Ethereal to do with 88B5 or 88B6 - there's nothing specified by 802a as packet contents, so *all* the dissection would have to be done by the dissector for the protocol; a dissector for a protocol that's using 88B5 or 88B6 would just register itself in the "ethertype" dissector table with the appropriate Ethernet type value.