Date: Thu, 3 Dec 1998 10:37:45 -0800 (PST) From: eddy@isi.edu To: Graeme Brown <graeme.brown@bt-sys.bt.co.uk> Cc: "FreeBSD-Net (FreeBSD.Org) List" <freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: FW: How can I write a packet directly to an Ethernet NIC ?layer Message-ID: <13926.55771.693473.242719@kit.isi.edu> In-Reply-To: <n1299516076.75931@maczebedee> References: <n1299516076.75931@maczebedee>
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Graeme Brown states: > > _______________________________________________________________________________ > To: 'net@FreeBSD.ORG' > From: Caroline Beauchamps on Wed, Dec 2, 1998 1:11 pm > > Hello, > > I have a program made for Linux, and I want to transform it for FreeBSD. > The problem is that some of the options don't exist in FreeBSD. > What I want to do is to send an ethernet packet, so I open the following > socket: > > sockid=socket (AF_INET, SOCK_PACKET, htons(ETH_P_802_3)) > > But SOCK_PACKET does not exist. > Do you have an idea what I could use instead ? > Thanks in advance. you have to use bpf(4), if you wan't read packets as well, with filtering you may consider pcap(3), however, you'll have to overide pcap_open_live() with your own since pcap will open read only. - rusty To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-net" in the body of the message
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