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Diffstat (limited to 'plugins/docsis')
-rw-r--r-- | plugins/docsis/packet-docsis.c | 11 |
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/plugins/docsis/packet-docsis.c b/plugins/docsis/packet-docsis.c index 2b3d777db9..4c75723cb1 100644 --- a/plugins/docsis/packet-docsis.c +++ b/plugins/docsis/packet-docsis.c @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ * Routines for docsis dissection * Copyright 2002, Anand V. Narwani <anand[AT]narwani.org> * - * $Id: packet-docsis.c,v 1.17 2003/12/13 03:18:37 guy Exp $ + * $Id: packet-docsis.c,v 1.18 2004/02/05 08:16:01 guy Exp $ * * Ethereal - Network traffic analyzer * By Gerald Combs <gerald@ethereal.com> @@ -34,8 +34,15 @@ * This dissector depends on the presence of a DOCSIS enapsulation type. * There is no simple way to distinguish DOCSIS Frames from Ethernet frames, * since the frames are copied from the RF interface on the CMTS to - * a Fast Ethernet interface; Thus a preference was needed to enable + * a Fast Ethernet interface; thus a preference was needed to enable * the DOCSIS encapsulation type. + * + * The current CVS version of libpcap allows a link-layer header type to + * be specified for some interfaces on some platforms; for Ethernet + * interfaces, it allows DOCSIS to be specified. If an Ethernet capture + * is done with a link-layer type of DOCSIS, the file will have a link- + * layer type of DLT_DOCSIS; Ethereal will treat the frames in that capture + * as DOCSIS frames. */ #ifdef HAVE_CONFIG_H |