--- libpcap-0.4a6.orig/nametoaddr.c
+++ libpcap-0.4a6/nametoaddr.c
@@ -283,7 +283,7 @@
 	e = ep = (u_char *)malloc(6);
 
 	while (*s) {
-		if (*s == ':')
+		if (*s == ':' || *s == '.')
 			s += 1;
 		d = xdtoi(*s++);
 		if (isxdigit(*s)) {
--- libpcap-0.4a6.orig/scanner.l
+++ libpcap-0.4a6/scanner.l
@@ -76,6 +76,7 @@
 
 N		([0-9]+|(0X|0x)[0-9A-Fa-f]+)
 B		([0-9A-Fa-f][0-9A-Fa-f]?)
+X		[0-9A-Fa-f]
 
 %a 3000
 
@@ -134,12 +135,16 @@
 {N}			{ yylval.i = stoi((char *)yytext); return NUM; }
 ({N}\.{N})|({N}\.{N}\.{N})|({N}\.{N}\.{N}\.{N})	{
 			yylval.s = sdup((char *)yytext); return HID; }
-{B}:{B}:{B}:{B}:{B}:{B} { yylval.e = pcap_ether_aton((char *)yytext);
+({B}:{B}:{B}:{B}:{B}:{B})|({B}\.{B}\.{B}\.{B}\.{B}\.{B}) {
+			  yylval.e = pcap_ether_aton((char *)yytext);
 			  return EID; }
 {B}:+({B}:+)+		{ bpf_error("bogus ethernet address %s", yytext); }
+{X}{12}			{ yylval.e = pcap_ether_aton((char *)yytext); 
+			  return EID; }
 [A-Za-z0-9][-_.A-Za-z0-9]*[.A-Za-z0-9] {
 			 yylval.s = sdup((char *)yytext); return ID; }
 "\\"[^ !()\n\t]+	{ yylval.s = sdup((char *)yytext + 1); return ID; }
+
 [^ \[\]\t\n\-_.A-Za-z0-9!<>()&|=]+i {
 			bpf_error("illegal token: %s\n", yytext); }
 .			{ bpf_error("illegal char '%c'", *yytext); }