Struct EtherType 

pub struct EtherType(pub u16);

The EtherType field in an Ethernet header, as specified in IEEE 802.

Tuple Fields

0: u16

Implementations

impl EtherType

Common EtherTypes

The EtherTypes are taken from the following sources:

• rfc7042 B.1
• rfc7042 B.2
• rfc1701 Current List of Protocol Types
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EtherType#Values (accessed 2025-09-23)

pub const IPV4: Self

Internet Protocol Version 4 (IPv4)

pub const ARP: Self

Address Resolution Protocol (ARP)

pub const FR_ARP: Self

Frame Relay ARP

pub const TRILL: Self

TRILL

pub const L2ISIS: Self

L2-IS-IS

pub const RARP: Self

Reverse Address Resolution Protocol (RARP)

pub const IPV6: Self

Internet Protocol Version 6 (IPv6)

pub const PPP: Self

Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP)

pub const GSMP: Self

General Switch Management Protocol (GSMP)

pub const MPLS: Self

MPLS

pub const MPLS_MC: Self

MPLS with upstream-assigned label

pub const MCAP: Self

Multicast Channel Allocation Protocol (MCAP)

pub const PPPOE_D: Self

PPP over Ethernet (PPPoE) Discovery Stage

pub const PPPOE_S: Self

PPP over Ethernet (PPPoE) Session Stage

pub const TRILL_FGL: Self

TRILL Fine Grained Labeling (FGL)

pub const TRILL_RBC: Self

TRILL RBridge Channel

pub const C_TAG: Self

IEEE Std 802.1Q - Customer VLAN Tag Type (C-Tag, formerly called the Q-Tag) (initially Wellfleet)

pub const EPON: Self

IEEE Std 802.3 - Ethernet Passive Optical Network (EPON)

pub const PAE: Self

IEEE Std 802.1X - Port-based network access control

pub const S_TAG: Self

IEEE Std 802.1Q - Service VLAN tag identifier (S-Tag)

pub const IEEE802_EXPERIMENTAL1: Self

IEEE Std 802 - Local Experimental Ethertype

pub const IEEE802_EXPERIMENTAL2: Self

IEEE Std 802 - Local Experimental Ethertype

pub const OUI_EXTENDED: Self

IEEE Std 802 - OUI Extended Ethertype

pub const PREAUTH: Self

IEEE Std 802.11 - Pre-Authentication (802.11i)

pub const LLDP: Self

IEEE Std 802.1AB - Link Layer Discovery Protocol (LLDP)

pub const MACSEC: Self

IEEE Std 802.1AE - Media Access Control Security

pub const MVRP: Self

IEEE Std 802.1Q - Multiple VLAN Registration Protocol (MVRP)

pub const MMRP: Self

IEEE Std 802.1Q - Multiple Multicast Registration Protocol (MMRP)

pub const FRRR: Self

IEEE Std 802.11 - Fast Roaming Remote Request (802.11r)

pub const MIH: Self

IEEE Std 802.21 - Media Independent Handover Protocol

pub const MIR: Self

IEEE Std 802.1Qbe - Multiple I-SID Registration Protocol

pub const ECP: Self

IEEE Std 802.1Qbg - ECP Protocol (also used in 802.1BR)

pub const SNA: Self

SNA

pub const OSI_NL: Self

OSI network layer

pub const PUP: Self

PUP

pub const XNS: Self

XNS

pub const CHAOS: Self

Chaos

pub const VINES: Self

VINES

pub const VINES_ECHO: Self

VINES Echo

pub const VINES_LOOPBACK: Self

VINES Loopback

pub const DECNET: Self

DECnet (Phase IV)

pub const TEB: Self

Transparent Ethernet Bridging

pub const RAW_FR: Self

Raw Frame Relay

pub const APOLLO_DOMAIN: Self

Apollo Domain

pub const APPLETALK: Self

Ethertalk (Appletalk)

pub const IPX: Self

Novell IPX

pub const RFC1144: Self

RFC 1144 TCP/IP compression

pub const IP_AUTONOMOUS_SYSTEMS: Self

IP Autonomous Systems

pub const SECURE_DATA: Self

Secure Data

pub const WOL: Self

Wake-on-LAN

pub const MSRP: Self

Stream Reservation Protocol

pub const AVTP: Self

Audio Video Transport Protocol (AVTP)

pub const DEC_MOP_RC: Self

DEC MOP RC

pub const LAT: Self

DEC LAT length and 1 byte padding

pub const AARP: Self

AppleTalk Address Resolution Protocol (AARP)

pub const SLPP: Self

Simple Loop Prevention Protocol (SLPP)

pub const VLACP: Self

Virtual Link Aggregation Control Protocol (VLACP)

pub const QNX_QNET: Self

QNX Qnet

pub const SLOW: Self

Ethernet Slow Protocols such as the Link Aggregation Control Protocol (LACP)

pub const COBRANET: Self

CobraNet

pub const HOMEPLUG: Self

HomePlug 1.0 MME

pub const PROFINET: Self

PROFINET Protocol

pub const HYPERSCSI: Self

HyperSCSI (SCSI over Ethernet)

pub const ATAOE: Self

ATA over Ethernet

pub const ETHERCAT: Self

EtherCAT Protocol

pub const POWERLINK: Self

Ethernet Powerlink

pub const GOOSE: Self

GOOSE (Generic Object Oriented Substation event)

pub const GSE: Self

GSE (Generic Substation Events) Management Services

pub const SV: Self

SV (Sampled Value Transmission)

pub const ROMON: Self

MikroTik RoMON (unofficial)

pub const SERCOS: Self

SERCOS III

pub const HOMEPLUG_GREEN: Self

HomePlug Green PHY

pub const MRP: Self

Media Redundancy Protocol (IEC62439-2)

pub const PBB: Self

Provider Backbone Bridges (PBB) (IEEE 802.1ah)

pub const PTP: Self

Precision Time Protocol (PTP) over IEEE 802.3 Ethernet

pub const NCSI: Self

NC-SI

pub const PRP: Self

Parallel Redundancy Protocol (PRP)

pub const CFM: Self

IEEE 802.1ag Connectivity Fault Management (CFM) Protocol / ITU-T Recommendation Y.1731 (OAM)

pub const FCOE: Self

Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE)

pub const FCOE_IP: Self

FCoE Initialization Protocol

pub const ROCE: Self

RDMA over Converged Ethernet (RoCE)

pub const TTE: Self

TTEthernet Protocol Control Frame (TTE)

pub const IEEE1905_1: Self

1905.1 IEEE Protocol

pub const HSR: Self

High-availability Seamless Redundancy (HSR)

pub const LOOPBACK: Self

Ethernet Configuration Testing Protocol

pub const REDUNDANCY_TAG: Self

Redundancy Tag (IEEE 802.1CB Frame Replication and Elimination for Reliability)

impl EtherType

pub const fn ieee_description(self) -> Option<&'static str>

Available on crate feature ieee only.

A brief textual description of the EtherType sourced from the IEEE Registration Authority.

pub const fn ieee_organization(self) -> Option<&'static str>

Available on crate feature ieee only.

The organization that registered the EtherType sourced from the IEEE Registration Authority.

pub const fn ieee_organization_address(self) -> Option<&'static str>

Available on crate feature ieee only.

The address of the organization that registered the EtherType sourced from the IEEE Registration Authority.

impl EtherType

pub const fn iana_description(self) -> Option<&'static str>

Available on crate feature iana only.

A brief textual description of the EtherType sourced from IANA.

impl EtherType

pub const fn description(self) -> Option<&'static str>

Available on crate feature desc only.

A brief textual description of the EtherType if it is an associated constant.

Trait Implementations

impl Clone for EtherType

fn clone(&self) -> EtherType

Returns a duplicate of the value.

fn clone_from(&mut self, source: &Self)

Performs copy-assignment from source.

impl Debug for EtherType

fn fmt(&self, f: &mut Formatter<'_>) -> Result

Formats the value using the given formatter.

impl<'de> Deserialize<'de> for EtherType

Available on crate feature serde only.

fn deserialize<D>(deserializer: D) -> Result<Self, D::Error>

where D: Deserializer<'de>,

Deserialize this value from the given Serde deserializer.

impl Display for EtherType

fn fmt(&self, f: &mut Formatter<'_>) -> Result

Formats the value using the given formatter.

impl From<EtherType> for u16

fn from(value: EtherType) -> Self

Converts to this type from the input type.

impl From<u16> for EtherType

fn from(value: u16) -> Self

Converts to this type from the input type.

impl FromStr for EtherType

type Err = ParseEtherTypeError

The associated error which can be returned from parsing.

fn from_str(s: &str) -> Result<Self, Self::Err>

Parses a string s to return a value of this type.

impl Hash for EtherType

fn hash<__H: Hasher>(&self, state: &mut __H)

Feeds this value into the given Hasher.

fn hash_slice<H>(data: &[Self], state: &mut H)

where H: Hasher, Self: Sized,

Feeds a slice of this type into the given Hasher.

impl Ord for EtherType

fn cmp(&self, other: &EtherType) -> Ordering

This method returns an Ordering between self and other.

fn max(self, other: Self) -> Self

where Self: Sized,

Compares and returns the maximum of two values.

fn min(self, other: Self) -> Self

where Self: Sized,

Compares and returns the minimum of two values.

fn clamp(self, min: Self, max: Self) -> Self

where Self: Sized,

Restrict a value to a certain interval.

impl PartialEq for EtherType

fn eq(&self, other: &EtherType) -> bool

Tests for self and other values to be equal, and is used by ==.

fn ne(&self, other: &Rhs) -> bool

Tests for !=. The default implementation is almost always sufficient, and should not be overridden without very good reason.

impl PartialOrd for EtherType

fn partial_cmp(&self, other: &EtherType) -> Option<Ordering>

This method returns an ordering between self and other values if one exists.

fn lt(&self, other: &Rhs) -> bool

Tests less than (for self and other) and is used by the < operator.

fn le(&self, other: &Rhs) -> bool

Tests less than or equal to (for self and other) and is used by the <= operator.

fn gt(&self, other: &Rhs) -> bool

Tests greater than (for self and other) and is used by the > operator.

fn ge(&self, other: &Rhs) -> bool

Tests greater than or equal to (for self and other) and is used by the >= operator.

impl Serialize for EtherType

Available on crate feature serde only.

fn serialize<S>(&self, serializer: S) -> Result<S::Ok, S::Error>

where S: Serializer,

Serialize this value into the given Serde serializer.

impl Copy for EtherType

impl Eq for EtherType

impl StructuralPartialEq for EtherType