Ethereal-dev: Re: [Ethereal-dev] IPv6 over MPLS coding

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From: Hamish Moffatt <hamish@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 8 Nov 2001 08:11:36 +1100
On Wed, Nov 07, 2001 at 10:46:10AM -0800, Guy Harris wrote:
> > Right.  I dont believe that you can determine the next encap type
> > after the MPLS header just by looking at the MPLS header.  So what
> > is the right way in ethereal to let the user choose the next
> > decoder in the chain?
> 
> That would be done with a preferences item for MPLS.

However, you could have a mix of protocols within a capture file.
A menu item could provide a default, but I think some decision
on a packet-by-packet basis is needed. My patch (to detect IPv6)
is not an ideal solution but is an improvement over just
assuming IPv4.


Hamish
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Hamish Moffatt VK3SB <hamish@xxxxxxxxxx> <hamish@xxxxxxxxxxxx>