Ethereal-users: Re: [Ethereal-users] Weird type in Ethernet II

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From: Gerald Combs <gerald@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 25 Feb 2003 08:37:08 -0600 (CST)
On Tue, 25 Feb 2003, Adeolu Adeoye wrote:

> Hi guys,
> 
> I was wondering if someone could tell me what type of protocol 0x8102 is?  I saw an Ethernet II frame with this type while sniffing one of my networks.  The frame was a sort of beacon (this is a guess; it was the minimum frame size of 64 bytes) and my Baynetworks (NORTEL) routers were looping it back to themselves every 5 seconds or so.

According to http://www.protocols.com/pbook/bridge.htm#WellfleetBOFL it's
the Wellfleet Breath of Life protocol.


> Thanks.
> 
> Ade 
> 
> 
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