Nevermind . . . sending it to eth seems to handle the other ethertypes fine.
I need to lay off the drugs :)
Should this be a plugin though?
-Dave
On Tuesday, 10 Sep 2002, David Frascone wrote:
>
> I'm trying to dissect a custom protocol that encapsulates on the wire
> protocols into udp.
>
> So, in the simple case, I could call the ethernet dissector like this:
>
>
> eth_handle = find_dissector("eth");
>
> /* Dissect as Ethernet */
> next_client = tvb_new_subset(tvb, 0, -1, -1);
> call_dissector(eth_handle, next_client, pinfo, bsn_tree);
>
> But, my problem is, that *all* protocols are encapsulated. So, after I
> decapsulate it, I need to check the ethertype, as in
> packet-ethertype.c. But, there doesn't seem to be a simple way to do it
> . . . any ideas?
>
> Also, since this is a propriatary protocol, should I be writing a plugin
> instead of a normal dissector? I guess that would make more since . .
> . it'd be easier than maintaining a patch.
>
> -Dave
>
>
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