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Wireshark-dev: Re: [Wireshark-dev] Ability to Re-dissect Packets

From: Eloy Paris <peloy@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 19 Feb 2008 17:46:40 -0500
On Tue, Feb 19, 2008 at 02:31:35PM -0800, Guy Harris wrote:

[...]

> If the encapsulated Ethernet frame includes the FCS, pass
> "eth_withfcs" to find_dissector(), otherwise pass "eth_withoutfcs" to
> find_dissector().

Dumb question: how does one know whether an Ethernet frame includes the
FCS field?

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Eloy Paris.-