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Ethereal-users: Re: [ethereal-users] ethereal-0.8.8: frame-problem with device ippp1

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From: Gilbert Ramirez <gram@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 23 May 2000 07:34:00 -0500
On Tue, May 23, 2000 at 12:53:02PM +0200, Reinhard Nissl wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Attached is a capture of some ping packets.
> 
> Bye.
> --
> Dipl.-Inform. (FH) Reinhard Nissl
> mailto:rnissl@xxxxxx

Try this patch. It's against Ethereal 0.8.8. Right now it just skips that
fake MAC address at the beginning and starts decoding at the PPP header.
It correctly decodes the sample trace you sent.

--gilbert

--- ../a/ethereal-0.8.8/packet-ppp.c	Mon May  8 22:15:24 2000
+++ packet-ppp.c	Tue May 23 07:27:58 2000
@@ -1134,11 +1134,11 @@
   /* populate a tree in the second pane with the status of the link
      layer (ie none) */
   if(tree) {
-    ti = proto_tree_add_item(tree, proto_ppp, 0, 4, NULL);
+    ti = proto_tree_add_item(tree, proto_ppp, offset, 4, NULL);
     fh_tree = proto_item_add_subtree(ti, ett_ppp);
     if (pd[offset] == 0xff) {
-      proto_tree_add_text(fh_tree, 0, 1, "Address: %02x", ph.ppp_addr);
-      proto_tree_add_text(fh_tree, 1, 1, "Control: %02x", ph.ppp_ctl);
+      proto_tree_add_text(fh_tree, offset+0, 1, "Address: %02x", ph.ppp_addr);
+      proto_tree_add_text(fh_tree, offset+1, 1, "Control: %02x", ph.ppp_ctl);
     }
   }
 
--- ../a/ethereal-0.8.8/packet-raw.c	Mon May  8 22:15:24 2000
+++ packet-raw.c	Tue May 23 07:25:58 2000
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@
 #include <glib.h>
 #include "packet.h"
 #include "packet-ip.h"
+#include "packet-ppp.h"
 
 static gint ett_raw = -1;
 
@@ -49,10 +50,17 @@
   /* Currently, the Linux 2.1.xxx PPP driver passes back some of the header
    * sometimes.  This check should be removed when 2.2 is out.
    */
-  if (pd[0] == 0xff && pd[1] == 0x03)
+  if (BYTES_ARE_IN_FRAME(0, 2) && pd[0] == 0xff && pd[1] == 0x03) {
     capture_ip(pd, 4, ld);
-  else
+  }
+  /* The Linux ISDN driver sends a fake MAC address before the PPP header
+   * on its ippp interfaces. */
+  else if (BYTES_ARE_IN_FRAME(0,10) && pd[6] == 0xff && pd[7] == 0x03 && pd[8] == 0x00 && pd[9] == 0x21) {
+    capture_ip(pd, 10, ld);
+  }
+  else {
     capture_ip(pd, 0, ld);
+  }
 }
 
 void
@@ -87,10 +95,17 @@
   /* Currently, the Linux 2.1.xxx PPP driver passes back some of the header
    * sometimes.  This check should be removed when 2.2 is out.
    */
-  if (pd[0] == 0xff && pd[1] == 0x03)
+  if (BYTES_ARE_IN_FRAME(0, 2) && pd[0] == 0xff && pd[1] == 0x03) {
     dissect_ip(pd, 4, fd, tree);
-  else
+  }
+  /* The Linux ISDN driver sends a fake MAC address before the PPP header
+   * on its ippp interfaces. */
+  else if (BYTES_ARE_IN_FRAME(0,8) && pd[6] == 0xff && pd[7] == 0x03) {
+    dissect_ppp(pd, 6, fd, tree);
+  }
+  else {
     dissect_ip(pd, 0, fd, tree);
+  }
 }
 
 void