Wireshark-users: Re: [Wireshark-users] Wireshark Support for Ethernet LMI Protocol

From: Guy Harris <guy@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 22 May 2009 09:57:36 -0700

On May 22, 2009, at 8:37 AM, Florin Bercea wrote:

I would like to ask if Wireshark has Ethernet LMI (defined by MEF 16 document ) on the list of supported protocols.

Not everybody necessarily knows what "MEF 16" is, and might not know what "LMI" is.

Presumably "MEF" is the Metro Ethernet Forum, and LMI is the Local Management Interface, and MEF 16 is

	http://www.iometrix.com/site/pdfs/MEF16EthernetLocalManagementInterface.pdf

According to that document, the Ethertype is E-LMI is 88EE; we don't have a dissector that handles that Ethertype value.