Date: Thu, 14 Feb 2002 17:20:48 -0500 (EST) From: Garrett Wollman <wollman@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu> To: Vinod Namboodiri <geekvinod@yahoo.com> Cc: freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: MAC Layer of TCP/IP stack Message-ID: <200202142220.g1EMKmZ30049@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu> In-Reply-To: <20020214221615.23759.qmail@web21101.mail.yahoo.com> References: <20020214221615.23759.qmail@web21101.mail.yahoo.com>
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<<On Thu, 14 Feb 2002 14:16:15 -0800 (PST), Vinod Namboodiri <geekvinod@yahoo.com> said: > i need to be modifying the firmware of the wireless > network card which probably has the mac layer code? The MAC layer is almost invariably implemented in hardware for modern network interfaces. In the case of wireless networks, that's usually firmware running on a microcontroller inside the card, although controllers differ as to the amount of functionality assumed by the firmware. FreeBSD's network stack implements support for Ethernet-like devices from the LLC sublayer up. -GAWollman To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-net" in the body of the message
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