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To: Subramaniam Vincent <freebsd@vince.avalon.rs.net>
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Subject: Re: IP router alert option 
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Date: Wed, 24 Jul 1996 15:47:24 PDT
From: Bill Fenner <fenner@parc.xerox.com>
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In message <Pine.BSF.3.91.960723074232.3002A-100000@vince.avalon.rs.net>you wri
te:
>Does any of the current releases support the Router Alert IP option ? 

If you just want to send packets with the Router Alert IP option, then just do 
it.  You don't need any kernel support, just use setsockopt().  
FreeBSD-current as of 3/14/96 #define's IPOPT_RA in /usr/include/netinet/ip.h .

  Bill