> -----Original Message-----
> From: Johnny Choque [mailto:jchoque@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: 17 April 2003 09:52
>
> Hi Guy,
>
> I understand your answer but I do not understand why after
> disable AODV6
> disecctor the AODV
> dissector does not work and therefore the AODV packets are
> showed as UDP
> packet.
> I have tried to fix this problem making hacking in the
> packet-aodv6.c. I
> have changed the
> value of UDP_PORT_AODV6 and then I have recompiled. After that AODV
> dissector works.
> Is that a right solution?
It's probably the best that you're going to get in the short term.
The problem is that there is no history saved when a disector registers
with a port. So just disabling it does not re-register the disector that
had its registration overwritten.
>
> Johnny
>
> >
> >
> > On Wed, Apr 16, 2003 at 02:46:26PM +0200, Johnny Choque wrote:
> > > In the other hand, when I capture AODV traffic based-on IPv4 and I
> > > disable AODV6 dissector, the ethereal show AODV packets
> as UDP packets
> > > and, of course, the UDP data is not dissected. What
> happen with AODV
> > > dissector (not AODV6)?
> >
> > What happened with it is that it got overridden by the
> AODV6 dissector.
> > Both the AODV and AODV6 dissector register for UDP port
> 654, but only
> > one dissector can be registered for a given port, so the one whose
> > registration routine is called last, which happens to be the AODV6
> > dissector, wins.
> >
> > Perhaps the two dissectors should be combined into one, that decides
> > whether it's AODV or AODV6 based on the packet type.
> >
--
Richard Urwin, Software Design Engineer
Schenck Test Automation
Braemar Court, 1311b Melton Road, Syston, UK.
rurwin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
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