Ethereal-users: Re: Antwort:Re: [ethereal-users] Token-Ring

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From: Guy Harris <gharris@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 25 Jul 2000 23:48:27 -0700
On Tue, Jul 25, 2000 at 11:24:11PM -0700, Guy Harris wrote:
> Once WinPcap (the Windows libpcap port) supports Token Ring (with a DLT_
> type of DLT_IEEE802, which appears to be the *de facto* standard DLT_
> type for Token Ring), Ethereal should support it - it already includes
> Token Ring dissectors, and treats DLT_IEEE802 captures as Token Ring
> captures.

...although capture filters won't currently work correctly on
source-routed packets (making it handle them requires some work).

However, as the same problem exists on *BSD and Linux, that's not a
reason not to handle them in WinPcap - Windows wouldn't be any worse off
than *BSD or Linux.