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Daniel Valencia wrote:

>Hello all
>
>I'm doing research on network-layer protocols, so I
>need a way to send packets straight into layer 2.  So
>far i've been reffered to raw sockets, but i've read
>the code and i cannot skip header checking and that
>stuff...  Is there a way to interact with the network
>if in a way that I can get network parameters (mtu,
>etc.) and send packets (specify destination mac
>address and payload)??
>
>Thank you
>
>- Daniel
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>

libpcap is one way using bpf..
also
netgraph can do that in a more 'brute force' manner

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