Re: Request for a new DLT

[Guy Harris <guy () alum mit edu>]

Fulko Hew wrote:

> So in the end... I think I'd rather continue persuing this single DLT 
> approach
> where I can embed status/signalling stuff into a single dissector
>
> IE.  Have a pcap with DLT_ACN_WAN and dissectors for:
>   ACN_WAN (that handles signal/status info and then dispatches to:)
>     Frame Relay (the existing one)
>     LAPB/X.25  (the existing one)
>     IPARS (one of my new ones)
>     UTS (one of my new ones)

It might be possible to use DLT_PPI for this:

        http://www.cacetech.com/documents/PPI_Header_format_1.0.1.pdf

although PPI was originally introduced for 802.11 and might not be ideal 
for your purposes.  If it's not, we'll just go with DLT_ACN_WAN.
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