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EtherType (ethertype)

Owned by Juan Tomás Alonso Nieto (Deactivated)
Jul 06, 2022
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[ 1 Description ] [ 2 How does it work in the search window? ] [ 3 How does it work in LINQ? ]

Description

Returns the EtherType of the Ethernet frame of a packet.

How does it work in the search window?

Select Create column in the search window toolbar, then select the EtherType operation. You need to specify one argument:

Argument

Data type

Argument

Data type

Packet mandatory

packet

The data type of the values in the new column is integer.

How does it work in LINQ?

Use the operator select... as...  and add the operation syntax to create the new column. This is the syntax for the EtherType operation:

  • ethertype(packet)