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The Ethernet Type field contains a hexadecimal number that you can interpret to yield a symbolic Ethernet protocol type name. The Ethernet Packet Types dialog box lists the most commonly used packet types. lists some of the major Ethernet protocol types and their descriptions. (Table courtesy of FTP Software, Inc.)
| Hexadecimal | Description |
|---|---|
| 8731-8738 | Cisco Systems Inc. Combinet Packet Protocol (CPP) |
| 0000-05DC | IEEE 802.3 length field |
| 0101-01FF | Experimental (for development; conflicts with 802.3 length fields) |
| 0200 | Xerox PUP (Conflicts with 802.3 length fields) |
| 0201 | PUP address translation (Conflicts with 802.3 length fields) |
| 0600 | Xerox XNS IDP |
| 0800 | DoD IP |
| 0801 | X.75 Internet |
| 0802 | NBS Internet |
| 0803 | ECMA Internet |
| 0804 | CHAOSnet |
| 0805 | X.25 Level 3 |
| 0806 | ARP (for IP and for CHAOS) |
| 0807 | XNS Compatibility |
| 081C | Symbolics Private |
| 0888-088A | Xyplex |
| 0900 | UB Networks Debugger |
| 0A00 | Xerox 802.3 PUP Address Translation |
| 0BAD | Banyan Systems |
| 1000 | Berkeley Trailer negotiation |
| 1001-100F | Berkeley Trailer encapsulation |
| 1600 | VALID |
| 4242 | PCS Basic Block Protocol |
| 5208 | BBN Simnet Private |
| 6000 | DEC Unassigned |
| 6001 | DEC MOP dump/load assistance |
| 6002 | DEC MOP remote console |
| 6003 | DEC DECnet Phase IV |
| 6004 | DEC LAT |
| 6005 | DEC DECNet diagnostics |
| 6006 | DEC DECNet customer use |
| 6007 | DEC DECNet SCA |
| 6009 | DEC unassigned |
| 6010-6014 | 3Com Corp. |
| 7000 | Ungermann-Bass download |
| 7001 | UB NIU |
| 7002 | UB NIU |
| 7020-7029 | LRT (England) |
| 7030 | Proteon |
| 8003 | Cronus VLN |
| 8004 | Cronus Direct |
| 8005 | HP Probe protocol |
| 8006 | Nestar |
| 8008 | AT&T |
| 8010 | Excelan |
| 8013 | SGI diagnostic type (obsolete) |
| 8014 | SGI network games (obsolete) |
| 8015 | SGI reserved type (obsolete) |
| 8016 | SGI "bounce server" (obsolete) |
| 8019 | Apollo |
| 802E | Tymshare |
| 802F | Tigan, Inc. |
| 8035 | Reverse ARP |
| 8036 | Aeonic Systems |
| 8038 | DEC LANBridge |
| 8039 | DEC unassigned |
| 803A | DEC unassigned |
| 803B | DEC unassigned |
| 803C | DEC unassigned |
| 803D | DEC Ethernet CSMA/CD Encryption Protocol |
| 803E | DEC unassigned |
| 803F | DEC LAN traffic monitor |
| 8040 | DEC unassigned |
| 8041 | DEC unassigned |
| 8042 | DEC unassigned |
| 8044 | Planning Research Corp. |
| 8046 | AT&T |
| 8047 | AT&T |
| 8049 | ExperData (France) |
| 805B | Versatile Message Translation Protocol RFC-1045 (Stanford) |
| 805C | Stanford V Kernel production |
| 805D | Evans and Sutherland |
| 8060 | Little Machines |
| 8062 | Counterpart Computer |
| 8065 | University of Massachusetts, Amherst |
| 8066 | University of Massachusetts, Amherst |
| 8067 | Veeco Integrated Automation |
| 8068 | General Dynamics |
| 8069 | AT&T |
| 806A | Autophon (Switzerland) |
| 806C | ComDesign |
| 806D | Compugraphic Corp. |
| 806E-8077 | Landmark Graphics Corp. |
| 807A | Matra (France) |
| 807B | Dansk Data Elektronic A/S (Denmark) |
| 807C | Merit Internodal |
| 807D | VitaLink Communications |
| 807E | VitaLink Communications |
| 807F | VitaLink Communications |
| 8080 | VitaLink Communications |
| 8081 | Counterpoint Computers |
| 8082 | Counterpoint Computers |
| 8083 | Counterpoint Computers |
| 8088 | Xyplex |
| 8089 | Xyplex |
| 808A | Xyplex |
| 809B | Kinetics Ethertalk-Appletalk over Ethernet |
| 809C | Datability |
| 809Î | Datability |
| 809E | Datability |
| 809F | Spider Systems, Ltd. (England) |
| 80A3 | Nixdorf Computer (West Germany) |
| 80A4-80B3 | Siemens Gammasonics Inc. |
| 80C0 | Digital Communications Assoc. |
| 80C1 | Digital Communications Assoc. |
| 80C2 | Digital Communications Assoc. |
| 80C3 | Digital Communications Assoc. |
| 80C6 | Pacer Software |
| 80C7 | Applitek Corp. |
| 80C8-80CC | Integraph Corp. |
| 80CD | Harris Corp. |
| 80CE | Harris Corp. |
| 80CF-80D2 | Taylor Inst. |
| 80D3 | Rosemount Corp. |
| 80D4 | Rosemount Corp. |
| 80D5 | IBM SNA Services over Ethernet |
| 80DD | Varian Assoc. |
| 80DE | Integrated Solutions TRFS (Transparent Remote File System) |
| 80DF | Integrated Solutions |
| 80E0 | Allen-Bradley |
| 80E3 | Allen-Bradley |
| 80E4-80F0 | Datability |
| 80F2 | Retix |
| 80F3 | Kinetics, Appletalk ARP (AARP) |
| 80F4 | Kinetics |
| 80F5 | Kinetics |
| 80F7 | Apollo Computer |
| 80FF-8103 | Wellfleet Communications |
| 8107 | Symbolics Private |
| 8108 | Symbolics Private |
| 8109 | Symbolics Private |
| 8130 | Waterloo Microsystems |
| 8131 | VG Laboratory Systems |
| 8137 | Novell (old) NetWare IPX (ECONFIG E Option) |
| 8138 | Novell |
| 8139-813D | KTI |
| 9000 | Loopback (Configuration Test Protocol) |
| 9001 | Bridge Communications XNS Systems Mgmt. |
| 9002 | Bridge Communications XNS Systems Mgmt. |
| 9003 | Bridge Communications |
| FF00 | BBN VITAL LAN Bridge cache wakeup |
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