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pcap-filter: indicate what named link-layer protocols are.
Add a list of protocol names for "ether proto" that gives a short description of each protocol. That renders a subsequent list of descrptions of some DEC protocols below redundant; remove it.
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@@ -627,10 +627,64 @@ True if the packet is an IPv4 multicast packet.
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True if the packet is an IPv6 multicast packet.
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.IP "\fBether proto \fIprotocol\fR"
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True if the packet is of ether type \fIprotocol\fR.
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\fIProtocol\fP can be a number or one of the names
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\fBaarp\fP, \fBarp\fP, \fBatalk\fP, \fBdecnet\fP, \fBip\fP, \fBip6\fP,
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\fBipx\fP, \fBiso\fP, \fBlat\fP, \fBlldp\fP, \fBloopback\fP, \fBmopdl\fP, \fBmoprc\fP, \fBnetbeui\fP,
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\fBrarp\fP, \fBsca\fP, \fBslow\fP or \fBstp\fP.
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\fIProtocol\fP can be a number or one of the names:
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.RS 10
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.TP
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.B aarp
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AppleTalk ARP Protocol
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.TP
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.B arp
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ARP
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.TP
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.B atalk
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AppleTalk
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.TP
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.B decnet
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DECNet
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.TP
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.B ip
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IPv4
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.TP
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.B ip6
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IPv6
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.TP
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.B ipx
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Novell IPX
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.TP
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.B iso
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OSI protcols
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.TP
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.B lat
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DEC Local Area Transport (LAT)
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.TP
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.B lldp
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Link-Layer Discovery Protocol
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.TP
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.B loopback
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Loopback frames (DIX Ethernet Configuration Test Protocol)
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.TP
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.B mopdl
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DEC DNA Dump/Load (MOP),
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.TP
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.B moprc
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DEC DNA Remote Console (MOP)
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.TP
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.B netbeui
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NetBIOS Frame Protocol
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.TP
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.B rarp
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Reverse ARP
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.TP
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.B sca
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DEC System Communication Architecture (SCA)
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.TP
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.B slow
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IEEE Slow Protools
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.TP
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.B stp
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IEEE Spanning Tree Protocol
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.RE
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.IP
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Note these identifiers (except \fBloopback\fP) are also keywords
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and must be escaped via backslash (\\).
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.IP
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.fi
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.in -.5i
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where \fIprotocol\fR is one of the above protocols, all of which originated
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at DEC, but are not the same as DECnet. Namely,
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.B lat
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is Local Area Transport (LAT),
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.B mopdl
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is DNA Dump/Load (MOP),
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.B moprc
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is DNA Remote Console (MOP) and
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.B sca
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is System Communication Architecture (SCA).
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at DEC, but are not the same as DECnet.
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.IP "\fBdecnet host \fIdecnetaddr\fR"
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True if the source or the destination DECnet address of the packet is
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.IR decnetaddr .

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