Appendix K. Ethernet Type Codes

A listing of commonly used Ethernet type codes is maintained by the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA). The information presented here is reproduced with permission from the IANA. For the most current Ethernet type code number assignment information, refer to http://www.iana.org/numbers.htm under the "Ethernet Numbers" link. Table K-1 shows the Ethernet type code numbers in hexadecimal format, along with a description.

Table K-1. Ethernet Type Codes

Hex Value	Description
0000-05DC	IEEE 802.3 Length Field
0101-01FF	Experimental
200	XEROX PUP (see 0A00)
201	PUP Addr Trans (see 0A01)
400	Nixdorf
600	XEROX NS IDP
660	DLOG
661	DLOG
800	Internet IP (IPv4)
801	X.75 Internet
802	NBS Internet
803	ECMA Internet
804	Chaosnet
805	X.25 Level 3
806	ARP
807	XNS Compatibility
808	Frame Relay ARP (RFC1701)
081C	Symbolics Private
0888-088A	Xyplex
900	Ungermann-Bass net debug
0A00	Xerox IEEE802.3 PUP
0A01	PUP Address Translation
0BAD	Banyan VINES
0BAE	VINES Loopback (RFC1701)
0BAF	VINES Echo (RFC1701)
1000	Berkeley Trailer negotiation
1001-100F	Berkeley Trailer encapsulation/IP
1600	Valid Systems
4242	PCS Basic Block Protocol
5208	BBN Simnet
6000	DEC Unassigned (experimental)
6001	DEC MOP Dump/Load
6002	DEC MOP Remote Console
6003	DEC DECNET Phase IV Route
6004	DEC LAT
6005	DEC Diagnostic Protocol
6006	DEC Customer Protocol
6007	DEC LAVC, SCA
6008-6009	DEC Unassigned
6010-6014	3Com Corporation
6558	Trans Ether Bridging (RFC1701)
6559	Raw Frame Relay (RFC1701)
7000	Ungermann-Bass download
7002	Ungermann-Bass dia/loop
7020-7029	LRT
7030	Proteon
7034	Cabletron
8003	Cronus VLN
8004	Cronus Direct
8005	HP Probe
8006	Nestar
8008	AT&T
8010	Excelan
8013	SGI diagnostics
8014	SGI network games
8015	SGI reserved
8016	SGI bounce server
8019	Apollo Domain
802E	Tymshare
802F	Tigan, Inc.
8035	Reverse ARP
8036	Aeonic Systems
8038	DEC LANBridge
8039-803C	DEC Unassigned
803D	DEC Ethernet Encryption
803E	DEC Unassigned
803F	DEC LAN Traffic Monitor
8040-8042	DEC Unassigned
8044	Planning Research Corp.
8046	AT&T
8047	AT&T
8049	ExperData
805B	Stanford V Kernel exp.
805C	Stanford V Kernel prod.
805D	Evans & Sutherland
8060	Little Machines
8062	Counterpoint Computers
8065	Univ. of Mass. @ Amherst
8066	Univ. of Mass. @ Amherst
8067	Veeco Integrated Auto.
8068	General Dynamics
8069	AT&T
806A	Autophon
806C	ComDesign
806D	Computgraphic Corp.
806E-8077	Landmark Graphics Corp.
807A	Matra
807B	Dansk Data Elektronik
807C	Merit Internodal
807D-807F	Vitalink Communications
8080	Vitalink TransLAN III
8081-8083	Counterpoint Computers
809B	Appletalk
809C-809E	Datability
809F	Spider Systems Ltd.
80A3	Nixdorf Computers
80A4-80B3	Siemens Gammasonics Inc.
80C0-80C3	DCA Data Exchange Cluster
80C4	Banyan Systems
80C5	Banyan Systems
80C6	Pacer Software
80C7	Applitek Corporation
80C8-80CC	Intergraph Corporation
80CD-80CE	Harris Corporation
80CF-80D2	Taylor Instrument
80D3-80D4	Rosemount Corporation
80D5	IBM SNA Service on Ether
80DD	Varian Associates
80DE-80DF	Integrated Solutions TRFS
80E0-80E3	Allen-Bradley
80E4-80F0	Datability
80F2	Retix
80F3	AppleTalk AARP (Kinetics)
80F4-80F5	Kinetics
80F7	Apollo Computer
80FF-8103	Wellfleet Communications
8107-8109	Symbolics Private
8130	Hayes Microcomputers
8131	VG Laboratory Systems
8132-8136	Bridge Communications
8137-8138	Novell, Inc.
8139-813D	KTI
8148	Logicraft
8149	Network Computing Devices
814A	Alpha Micro
814C	SNMP
814D	BIIN
814E	BIIN
814F	Technically Elite Concept
8150	Rational Corp
8151-8153	Qualcomm
815C-815E	Computer Protocol Pty Ltd
8164-8166	Charles River Data System
817D	XTP
817E	SGI/Time Warner prop.
8180	HIPPI-FP encapsulation
8181	STP, HIPPI-ST
8182	Reserved for HIPPI-6400
8183	Reserved for HIPPI-6400
8184-818C	Silicon Graphics prop.
818D	Motorola Computer
819A-81A3	Qualcomm
81A4	ARAI Bunkichi
81A5-81AE	RAD Network Devices
81B7-81B9	Xyplex
81CC-81D5	Apricot Computers
81D6-81DD	Artisoft
81E6-81EF	Polygon
81F0-81F2	Comsat Labs
81F3-81F5	SAIC
81F6-81F8	VG Analytical
8203-8205	Quantum Software
8221-8222	Ascom Banking Systems
823E-8240	Advanced Encryption System
827F-8282	Athena Programming
8263-826A	Charles River Data System
829A-829B	Inst Ind Info Tech
829C-82AB	Taurus Controls
82AC-8693	Walker Richer & Quinn
8694-869D	Idea Courier
869E-86A1	Computer Network Tech
86A3-86AC	Gateway Communications
86DB	SECTRA
86DE	Delta Controls
86DD	IPv6
86DF	ATOMIC
86E0-86EF	Landis & Gyr Powers
8700-8710	Motorola
876B	TCP/IP Compression (RFC1144)
876C	IP Autonomous Systems (RFC1701)
876D	Secure Data (RFC1701)
880B	PPP
8847	MPLS Unicast
8848	MPLS Multicast
8A96-8A97	Invisible Software
9000	Loopback
9001	3Com(Bridge) XNS Sys Mgmt
9002	3Com(Bridge) TCP-IP Sys
9003	3Com(Bridge) loop detect
FF00	BBN VITAL-LanBridge cache
FF00-FF0F	ISC Bunker Ramo
FFFF	Reserved (RFC1701)