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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

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