Ethereal-users: Re: [Ethereal-users] minimum frame size

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From: Justin Walker <justin@xxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2004 13:13:37 -0800

On Tuesday, January 20, 2004, at 01:07 PM, john g wrote:


Minimum frame size for Ethernet can be 64 bytes.
(6+6+2+46) + 4 CRC

but i have frames captured (on ethereal) that show up
as 54 bytes as well. (it was a Ethernet II frame)

can someone explain how that is possible ?
The minimum frame size is a media requirement. Depending on the type of packet, the system may be able to tell how much is padding, and if so, will ignore that part of the packet. 

Regards,

Justin

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