Wireshark-bugs: [Wireshark-bugs] [Bug 8970] Error in IPv6 address decompression from 6LoWPAN pac
Date: Tue, 23 Jul 2013 21:05:50 +0000

Comment # 4 on bug 8970 from
Hello,

You should also follow RFC6282, which updates 4494. This is what Wireshark
follows too - where the PAN ID 'option' is removed.

It was written down, apologies for the incorrect original message! I'm going by
memory here so bound to make mistakes.

While a PANID is a critical part of the 802.15.4 network, the line in RFC4944
you mention is ambiguous. How does one side know if the other "knows" the
PAN-ID? For this reason RFC6282 removed that option - it now always sets those
bits to zero, which guarantees both sides made the same assumption.

Regards,

 -Colin


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