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On 07/05/2020 09:39, Francois-Xavier Le Bail via tcpdump-workers wrote:
>> In this *particular* case, that test is done only if the uppermost nibble of 
>> the uppermost octet is 0, so that would only be the case for the source 
>> address, which is less likely to be a group address than the destination 
>> address.  There may be other places where that heuristic dissector is used, 
>> however.
> Ok.
> What if the first nibble is <> de 4, 6, 1, 0, e.g. 'f' like the first f of 
> ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff ?

Currently tshark don't decode if first nibble is <> de 4, 6, 1, 0:
(ARP request not seen, just "Data")
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MultiProtocol Label Switching Header, Label: 262145, Exp: 0, S: 1, TTL: 253
    0100 0000 0000 0000 0001 .... .... .... = MPLS Label: 262145
    .... .... .... .... .... 000. .... .... = MPLS Experimental Bits: 0
    .... .... .... .... .... ...1 .... .... = MPLS Bottom Of Label Stack: 1
    .... .... .... .... .... .... 1111 1101 = MPLS TTL: 253
Data (64 bytes)

0000  ff ff ff ff ff ff 00 50 79 66 68 01 08 06 00 01   .......Pyfh.....
0010  08 00 06 04 00 01 00 50 79 66 68 01 0a 48 01 42   .......Pyfh..H.B
0020  ff ff ff ff ff ff 0a 48 01 43 00 00 00 00 00 00   .......H.C......
0030  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00   ................
    Data: 
ffffffffffff005079666801080600010800060400010050796668010a480142ffffffff<E2>
<80><A6>
    [Length: 64]
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    1  16:26:10.061638 ca:04:2c:7e:00:08 > 00:b5:df:d1:63:02, ethertype MPLS 
unicast (0x8847),
length 82: MPLS (label 262145, exp 0, [S], ttl 253)
        00:50:79:66:68:01 > ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff, ethertype ARP (0x0806), length 
64: Ethernet (len 6),
IPv4 (len 4), Request who-has 10.72.1.67 (ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff) tell 10.72.1.66, 
length 50
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-- 
Francois-Xavier

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