Ethereal-users: Re: [Ethereal-users] Tree display change

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From: Guy Harris <guy@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 20 Jun 2001 17:14:17 -0700 (PDT)
> The real problem is the fields below Frame Control
> and above Fixed Parameters (addresses, etc).
> 
> Perhaps we could put them in a nice, neat category and
> make it a top level entry?

Top-level entry, as in "give it a protocol of its own"?

I don't view them as being outside 802.11, just as I don't view the
source and destination addresses in Ethernet frames as being outside
802.3, or the source and destination addresses in Token-Ring frames as
being outside 802.5, or the source and destination addresses in FDDI
frames as being outside FDDI.

However, they could be put into a subtree under the 802.11 heading.

> Say, "Media Access Control" or some derivative?

That'd be one possibility - anybody else care to vote on that vs.
putting the payload of 802.11 management frames into a separate
top-level protocol item?