IEEE Std 802a™-2003 Amendment 1: Ethertypes for
Protoypes and Vendor-Specific
Protocol Development -Description
Abstract: 802-2001, IEEE Local and Metropolitan Area
Networks: Overview and Architecture, provides an overview to the
family of IEEE 802 Standards. This amendment to IEEE Std 802 identifies
a set of Ethertypes that may be used for prototype and vendor specific
use, and defines how the ethertypes should be used.
Keywords: Ethertype protocol development, Local Area Networks (LANs), LAN/MAN architecture, LAN/MAN reference model, Metropolitan Area Networks (MANs), protocol identifier, protocol type
Content
2. Scope
2.1 General
3. Ethertypes for prototype and vendor-specific protocol development
3.1 Introduction
3.2 Local Experimental Ethertypes
3.3 OUI Extended Ethertype
3.4 Ethertype values for local and vendor-specific use
