Your pcap has an invalid value (or at least one neither I or wireshark
can decode) for the layer 2 address type field which is causing the
problem.  The attached patch is a work around.

-Aaron

On Fri, May 28, 2010 at 12:34 PM, Faul, Vaughn <vaughn.f...@goodrich.com> wrote:
> I have tried your suggestion and I am still getting the same DLT_LINUX_SLL 
> error for tcprewrite.  Here are the exact steps that I'm doing:
>
> I want to retransmit all packets from source IP 192.168.1.254.  So I prep as 
> follows:
> tcpprep --cidr=192.168.1.254/24 --include=S:192.168.1.254/24 --pcap=orig.pcap 
> --cachefile=input.cache
>
> Then I attempt to rewrite as follows:
> tcprewrite --dlt=enet --enet-dmac=00:0E:99:02:B5:D3 
> --enet-smac=00:24:81:03:FE:7F --cachefile=input.cache --infile=orig.pcap 
> --outfile=out.pcap
>
> I'm attaching the orig.pcap file for your reference (note that I stripped out 
> all packets, except for one).
>
> Thanks
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Aaron Turner [mailto:synfina...@gmail.com]
> Sent: Monday, May 24, 2010 4:42 PM
> To: Main forum for tcpreplay
> Subject: Re: [Tcpreplay-users] Tcprewrite error: "DLT_LINUX_SLL pcap's 
> mustcontain only ethernet packets"
>
> On Mon, May 24, 2010 at 12:22 PM, Faul, Vaughn <vaughn.f...@goodrich.com> 
> wrote:
>> I have a pcap file from a third party that I am trying to playback.
>> When using tcprewrite, I'm receiving the error: "DLT_LINUX_SLL pcap's
>> must contain only ethernet packets".  I opened the pcap in Wireshark
>> and saw that the packets are "Linux cooked capture".  How do I convert
>> the packets to ethernet type?  Looking at the documentation it appears
>> that I need to use an input plugin, but I'm not exactly sure how to do this.
>> An example would be appreciated.
>>
>> Platform: Ubuntu version 9.10
>> Tcpreplay Version: 3.4.1 (downloaded via synaptic)
>
> So LINUX_SLL is a "cooked" capture file format- meaning that it's not a 
> physical layer 2 header, but rather a fake header that Linux uses when you're 
> capturing on multiple interfaces.  It also means that you can have a mix of 
> interface types (such as both ethernet and loopback for example).  LINUX_SLL 
> is also lossy, meaning that not all the
> layer2 information is stored, so if you want to replay it later, you have to 
> provide that information manually. Frankly, using "tcpdump -i any" while 
> seems convenient at capture time, is often more work/pain in the long run for 
> this reason.
>
> Input plugins are automatically selected by the DLT of the pcap.
> Output plugins allow rewriting the header.  So you'll want to use --dlt=enet 
> to select the DLT_EN10MB output plugin to convert to ethernet.  You'll 
> probably also need to specify --enet-dmac and --enet-smac since the 
> DLT_LINUX_SLL is often missing one or both ethernet MAC addresses.
>
> More info here:
> http://tcpreplay.synfin.net/wiki/tcprewrite#RewritingLayer2
>
> and of course the man pages.
>
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