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Subject: How to drop a packet
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I'm using a FreeBSD box as a router in a test network.  For the tests that =
I am running, I need to be able to drop random packets and observe the ef=
fects (responsiveness).

What utilities in FreeBSD or C will allow me to perform the function of dro=
pping a random packet?

Thank you,
Matin