On Feb 27, 2012, at 1:40 PM, Reinhard Speyerer wrote: > I recently noticed that Wireshark does not seem to support pcap files > with DLT 51 (LINKTYPE_PPP_ETHER/DLT_PPP_ETHER) which is used by the > in-kernel PPPoE implementation (pppoe(4)) in NetBSD and OpenBSD: > > $ tshark -r pppoe0-sample-2.pcap # TShark 1.6.5 > ... > tshark: The file "pppoe0-sample-2.pcap" is a capture for a network type that > TShark doesn't support. > (pcap: network type 51 unknown or unsupported) > > From looking at the format Wireshark should be able to handle this > DLT using the existing pppoes dissector. > > Please advise whether I should add a corresponding enhancement request > for Wireshark.
You might as well, as long as it's always guaranteed to be encapsulated in the exact same format (DON'T GET ME STARTED on DLT_PFLOG!). If you submit it with a patch, that'd be even better. "Wireshark can read XXX" generally beats "Wireshark can read YYY so it can read XXX after you run it through XXX-to-YYY". ___________________________________________________________________________ Sent via: Wireshark-dev mailing list <[email protected]> Archives: http://www.wireshark.org/lists/wireshark-dev Unsubscribe: https://wireshark.org/mailman/options/wireshark-dev mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe
