If the DLT is to be a "stadard" one why not register it?
If it is a private one why not use DLTS USER0..USER15. There's the DLT
User A-D "dissector" in preferences that allow you to specify any
given dissector to be used against pcap files with those
encapsulations (I often do).
Luis
On 2/5/07,
Hi guys
At the moment, if Wireshark comes across an unexpected data-link level
type in the global header when reading a PCAP file, it completely
rejects the file. This doesn't allow the user to apply any intelligence,
e.g. by manipulating the "wtap_encap" dissector table using Lua.
A quick
