Ethereal-users: Re: [Ethereal-users] Packet Length calculation is odd ???

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From: Guy Harris <guy@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 8 Jun 2001 16:32:25 -0700 (PDT)
> Nevermind, I see it! The extra 14 bytes is the ethernet header above
> and beyond the IP.

Yup, the 1500 is the maximum *payload* size (MTU) of an Ethernet packet.
The maximum Ethernet packet size is 1518: 14 bytes of header, 1500
bytes of payload, and 4 bytes of CRC.