ok i removed those conditionals so it always dissects the bit. to me it looks a bit funny to have the LG bit dissected and flagged for broadcasts. maybe we should ignore the LG bit for broadcast packets?
On 8/25/06, Guy Harris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > ronnie sahlberg wrote: > > > Only dissect the LG bit if it is a unicast address (i think this makes > sense) > > I think there are both locally-administered and globally-administered > group addresses. IEEE 802-2001 says: > > A 48-bit universal address consists of two parts. The first 24 bits > correspond to the OUI as assigned by the IEEE, except that the assignee > may set the LSB of the first octet to 1 for group addresses or set it to > 0 for individual addresses. The second part, comprising the remaining 24 > bits, is administered by the assignee. In the 48-bit LAN MAC address, an > example of which is shown in Figure 8, the OUI is contained in octets 0, > 1, 2, and the value assigned by the assignee is contained in octets 3, > 4, 5. This address, including its OUI, is used throughout this document > as the basis for examples of LAN MAC addresses and protocol identifiers. > _______________________________________________ > Wireshark-dev mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.wireshark.org/mailman/listinfo/wireshark-dev > _______________________________________________ Wireshark-dev mailing list [email protected] http://www.wireshark.org/mailman/listinfo/wireshark-dev
