Wireshark-dev: Re: [Wireshark-dev] Strip Ethernet broadcast / locally administered flags from a
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From: Joerg Mayer <jmayer@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 15 Aug 2007 13:24:14 +0200
On Wed, Aug 15, 2007 at 10:48:19AM +0200, Ulf Lamping wrote:
> In the meantime I've checked in the "two pass" approach into addr_resolv.c:
> 
> First try to find a "perfect match" -> if found all is well
> Second strip off both flags and try to find a match then -> if found 
> return that one
> No match found -> Give up

OK, as it is with opensource: he who does it get's to say how it's done
in the end :-)
Still, is there a specific reason for you to mask out both bits? Do you
have examples where masking out the localally administered bit is
useful? Otherwise, I'd like to change the mask to 0xfe

 Ciao
       Joerg
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Joerg Mayer                                           <jmayer@xxxxxxxxx>
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