Date: Wed, 02 Dec 1998 07:08:01 -0700 From: Wes Peters <wes@softweyr.com> To: Caroline Beauchamps <caroline.beauchamps@bt-sys.bt.co.uk> Cc: "'net@FreeBSD.ORG'" <net@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Message-ID: <366549C1.22F0A27E@softweyr.com> References: <c=GB%a=_%p=BT%l=ATLAS-981202130843Z-20596@mussel.futures.bt.co.uk>
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Caroline Beauchamps wrote:
>
> 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.
>
If you wish to send raw packets on the ethernet, you will have to
use the Berkeley Packet Filter (bpf). It's a bit messier than the
Linux raw packet interface, but works.
--
"Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket?"
Wes Peters Softweyr LLC
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