SunScreen 3.2 Administrator's Overview

Ethernet SNAP -- Common name: 802.3/SNAP or 802.3/802.2/SNAP

Ethernet SNAP is an extension to 802.2, indicated by SAP value of hex AA. Ethernet SNAP is used by AppleTalk and is allmost never used for IPX. Values in parentheses in the table below are the values used by IPX.

Dest. Addr. 

SourceAddr. 

Length  

DSAP0xAA 

SSAP0xAA 

Control0x03 

SNAP Header(0,0,0,81,37) 

Network Packet 

6 bytes0-5 

6 bytes6-11 

2 bytes12-13 

1 byte14 

1 byte15 

1 byte16 

5 bytes17-21 

up to 1492 b22-1513