Date: Fri, 24 May 2002 23:12:14 -0400 From: Craig Rodrigues <crodrigu@bbn.com> To: Henry Fung <henryfung_00@yahoo.com> Cc: freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: data link layer protocol Message-ID: <20020524231214.A381@bbn.com> In-Reply-To: <20020525020538.71422.qmail@web11206.mail.yahoo.com>; from henryfung_00@yahoo.com on Fri, May 24, 2002 at 07:05:38PM -0700 References: <20020525020538.71422.qmail@web11206.mail.yahoo.com>
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On Fri, May 24, 2002 at 07:05:38PM -0700, Henry Fung wrote: > Is there any module or well-known mechanism available > for punting a data link layer PDU to a user process? > Also for sending out PDUs? > Say I'd like to implement ARP as a user process, or > some other protocols. > Thanks. > Henry Hi, Try reading the man page for the tap device: man tap There is also a web page with more information: http://vtun.sourceforge.net/ You may also wish to look at netgraph: man 4 netgraph http://www.elischer.org/netgraph/ -- Craig Rodrigues Distributed Systems and Logistics, Office 6/304 crodrigu@bbn.com BBN Technologies, a Verizon company (617) 873-4725 Cambridge, MA To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-net" in the body of the message
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