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The following table shows some other common Ethernet types and the corresponding protocol
number.
In an IPv4 packet header, the “Protocol” field identifies the next level protocol. The following
table shows some common IPv4 protocol types and the corresponding protocol number. Refer
to http://www.iana.org/assignments/protocol-numbers for a complete list.
In an IPv6 packet header, the "Next Header" field identifies the next level protocol. The
following table shows some common IPv6 Next Header values.
Table 32 Common Ethernet Types and Protocol Number
ETHERNET TYPE PROTOCOL NUMBER
IP ETHII 0800
X.75 Internet 0801
NBS Internet 0802
ECMA Internet 0803
Chaosnet 0804
X.25 Level 3 0805
XNS Compat 0807
Banyan Systems 0BAD
BBN Simnet 5208
IBM SNA 80D5
AppleTalk AARP 80F3
Table 33 Common IPv4 Protocol Types and Protocol Numbers
PROTOCOL TYPE PROTOCOL NUMBER
ICMP 1
TCP 6
UDP 17
EGP 8
L2TP 115
Table 34 Common IPv6 Next Header Values
PROTOCOL TYPE VALUE
IPv6 Hop-by-Hop Option 0
IPv4 4
TCP 6
UDP 17
IPv6 41
Routing Header for IPv6 43
Fragment Header for IPv6 44
Encapsulation Security Payload 50
Authentication Header 51
ICMP for IPv6 58