1. IEEE 802.1 standards
Standard Description Status[1]
[edit] 802.1B
802.1B-1992 LAN/MAN Management Withdrawn in 2004
Discovery and Dynamic Control of Event Forwarding
802.1k-1993 Withdrawn in 2004
(Amendment to 802.1B-1992)
[edit] 802.1D
Superseded by 802.1D-
802.1D-1990 MAC Bridges
1998
802.1i-1995 FDDI bridging (see ANSI X3T9.5) Superseded
Superseded by 802.1D-
802.1j-1996 Managed objects for MAC Bridges
1998
Merged into 802.1D-
P802.1p Traffic Class Expediting and Dynamic Multicast Filtering
1998
MAC Bridges (rollup of 802.1D-1990, 802.1j, 802.6k, P802.12e Superseded by 802.1D-
802.1D-1998
and P802.1p) 2004
P802.1r GARP Proprietary Attribute Registration Protocol (GPRP) Withdrawn
Incorporated into
802.1t-2001 Technical and Editoral corrections for 802.1D-1998
802.1D-2004
Incorporated into
802.1w-2001 Rapid Reconfiguration of Spanning Tree
802.1D-2004
Merged into 802.1D-
P802.1y Maintenance to 802.1D-1998
2004
MAC Bridges (rollup of 802.1D-1998, 802.1t, 802.1w, P802.1y,
802.1D-2004 Current
and 802.11c)
[edit] 802.1E
802.1E-1990 System Load Protocol Withdrawn in 2004
Managed objects for System Load Protocol (Amendment to
802.1m-1993 Withdrawn in 2004
802.1E-1990)
[edit] 802.1F
Common Definitions and Procedures for IEEE 802 Management
802.1F-1993 Withdrawn in 2009
Information
[edit] 802.1G
802.1G-1996 Remote MAC Bridging Withdrawn in 2009
[edit] 802.1H
802.1H-1995 Ethernet MAC Bridging Withdrawn in 2011

2. [edit] 802.1Q
Incorporated into
802.1Q-1998 Virtual LANs
802.1Q-2005
Incorporated into
802.1s-2002 Multiple Spanning Trees
802.1Q-2005
Incorporated into
802.1u-2001 Technical and Editoral corrections for 802.1Q-1998
802.1Q-2005
Incorporated into
802.1v-2001 VLAN Classification by Protocol and Port
802.1Q-2005
Merged into 802.1Q-
P802.1z Maintenance to 802.1Q-1998
2005
VLAN Bridges (Rollup of 802.1Q-1998, 802.1s, 801.1u and Incorporated into
802.1Q-2005
802.1v and P802.1z) 802.1Q-2011
Incorporated into
802.1ad-2005 Provider Bridging
802.1Q-2011
Incorporated into
802.1ag-2007 Connectivity Fault Management
802.1Q-2011
Incorporated into
802.1ah-2008 Provider Backbone Bridge (PBB)
802.1Q-2011
Incorporated into
802.1aj-2009 Two Port MAC Relay (TPMR)
802.1Q-2011
Replace GARP with Multiple Registration Protocol (MRP), MVRP Incorporated into
802.1ak-2007
and MMRP. 802.1Q-2011
802.1Q-2005/Cor1- Incorporated into
Technical corrections for Multiple Registration Protocol
2008 802.1Q-2011
Management Information Base (MIB) definitions for VLAN Incorporated into
802.1ap-2008
Bridges 802.1Q-2011
802.1aq-2012 Shortest Path Bridging (SPB) Current
Incorporated into
802.1Qat-2010 Stream Reservation Protocol (SRP)
802.1Q-2011
Incorporated into
802.1Qau-2010 Congestion Management
802.1Q-2011
Forwarding and Queuing Enhancements for Time-sensitive Incorporated into
802.1Qav-2009
Streams 802.1Q-2011
Management of Data-Driven and Data-Dependent Connectivity Incorporated into
802.1Qaw-2009
Faults 802.1Q-2011
Incorporated into
802.1Qay-2009 Provider Backbone Bridge Traffic Engineering (PBB-TE)
802.1Q-2011
VLAN Bridges (Rollup of 802.1Q-2005+Cor-1 and
802.1Q-2011 Current
802.1ad/ag/ah/aj/ak/ap/Qat/Qav/Qaw/Qay/Qau)
Enhanced Transmission Selection for Bandwidth Sharing Between
802.1Qaz-2011 Current
Traffic Classes
802.1Qbb-2011 Priority-based Flow Control Current
802.1Qbc-2011 Provider Bridging — Remote Customer Service Interface Current
Multiple Backbone Service Instance Identifier (I-SID) Registration
802.1Qbe-2011 Current
Protocol (MIRP)

3. 802.1Qbf-2011 PBB-TE Infrastructure Segment Protection Current
802.1Qbg-2012 Edge Virtual Bridging Current
802.1Q-2011/Cor2 Minor technical and editorial fixes to 802.1Q-2011 In progress
P802.1Qbh Bridge port Extension / VN-Tag [1] Merged into 802.1BR[2]
802.1Qbp Equal Cost Multiple Paths in progress
802.1Qbu Frame Preemption in progress
802.1Qbv Enhancements for Scheduled Traffic in progress
[edit] 802.1X
Incorporated into
802.1X-2001 Port Based Network Access Control
802.1X-2004
Merged into 802.1X-
P802.1aa Maintenance to 802.1X-2001
2004
Port Based Network Access Control (Rollup of 802.1X-2001 and Incorporated into
802.1X-2004
P802.1aa) 802.1Q-2005
Merged into 802.1X-
P802.1af Media Access Control (MAC) Key Security
2010
Port Based Network Access Control (revision of 802.1X-2004,
802.1X-2010 Current
including P802.1af)
802.1Xbx MAC Security Key Agreement protocol (MKA) extensions in progress
[edit] 802.1AB
Incorporated into
802.1AB-2005 Station and Media Access Control Connectivity Discovery (LLDP)
802.1AB-2009
Station and Media Access Control Connectivity Discovery (LLDP)
802.1AB-2009 Current
(revision to 802.1AB-2005)
[edit] 802.1AC
Media Access Control (MAC) Services Definition (from 802.1D
802.1AC In progress
and 802.1Q)
[edit] 802.1AE
802.1AE-2006 MAC Security Current
Galois Counter Mode-Advanced Encryption Standard-256 (GCM-
802.1AEbn Current
AES-256) Cipher Suite
802.1AEbw Extended Packet Numbering in progress
[edit] 802.1AR
802.1AR-2009 Secure Device Identity (DevID) Current
[edit] 802.1AS
Timing and Synchronization for Time-Sensitive Applications in
802.1AS-2011 Current
Bridged Local Area Networks.
802.1AS-2011/Cor1 Technical and editorial corrections in Progress

4. 802.1ASbt Enhancements and performance improvements in Progress
[edit] 802.1AX
802.1AX-2008 Link Aggregation (Initially created as 802.3ad-2000) Current
Add support for Provider Bridged Networks and two-port MAC
802.1AXbk in progress
relays to Link Aggregation
802.1AXbq Distributed Resilient Network Interconnect in progress
802.1AXrev Rollup of 802.1AX, AXbk and AXbq amendments. in progress
[edit] 802.1BA
802.1BA-2011 Audio Video Bridging (AVB) Systems Current
[edit] 802.1BR
Bridge Port Extension VN-Tag[3](incorporates work from
802.1BR-2012 Current
P802.1Qbh)
EtherType for some common protocols
EtherType Protocol
0x0200 PARC Universal Packet protocol[citation needed]
0x0800 Internet Protocol, Version 4 (IPv4)
0x0806 Address Resolution Protocol (ARP)
0x0842 Wake-on-LAN Magic Packet, as used by ether-wake and Sleep Proxy Service
0x1337 SYN-3 heartbeat protocol (SYNdog)
0x22F3 IETF TRILL Protocol
0x6003 DECnet Phase IV
0x8035 Reverse Address Resolution Protocol (RARP)
0x809B AppleTalk (Ethertalk)
0x80F3 AppleTalk Address Resolution Protocol (AARP)
0x8100 VLAN-tagged frame (IEEE 802.1Q)
0x8137 Novell IPX (alt)
0x8138 Novell
0x814C Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP)[3]
0x8204 QNX Qnet
0x86DD Internet Protocol, Version 6 (IPv6)
0x8808 MAC Control
0x8809 Slow Protocols (IEEE 802.3)
0x8819 CobraNet
0x8847 MPLS unicast
0x8848 MPLS multicast

5. 0x8863 PPPoE Discovery Stage
0x8864 PPPoE Session Stage
0x886F Microsoft NLB heartbeat [4]
0x8870 Jumbo Frames
0x887B HomePlug 1.0 MME
0x888E EAP over LAN (IEEE 802.1X)
0x8892 PROFINET Protocol
0x889A HyperSCSI (SCSI over Ethernet)
0x88A2 ATA over Ethernet
0x88A4 EtherCAT Protocol
0x88A8 Provider Bridging (IEEE 802.1ad)
0x88AB Ethernet Powerlink
0x88CC LLDP
0x88CD sercos III
0x88D8 Circuit Emulation Services over Ethernet (MEF-8)
0x88E1 HomePlug AV MME
0x88E3 Media Redundancy Protocol (IEC62439-2)
0x88E5 MAC security (IEEE 802.1AE)
0x88F7 Precision Time Protocol (IEEE 1588)
0x8902 IEEE 802.1ag Connectivity Fault Management (CFM) Protocol / ITU-T Recommendation Y.1731
(OAM)
0x8906 Fibre Channel over Ethernet
0x8914 FCoE Initialization Protocol
0x9000 Configuration Test Protocol (Loop)[5]
0x9100 Q-in-Q
0xCAFE Veritas Low Latency Transport (LLT)[6]
Note that even very well known de facto uses of EtherTypes are not always recorded in the IEEE list of EtherType
values. For example, EtherType 0x0806 (used by ARP) appears in the IEEE list only as "Symbolics, Inc., Protocol
unavailable."