Date: Mon, 26 Jan 1998 12:43:24 +0100 From: Marc van Kempen <marc@bowtie.nl> To: dag-erli@ifi.uio.no (Dag-Erling Coidan Sm rgrav) Cc: marc@bowtie.nl, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Is it possible to .. Message-ID: <199801261143.MAA28747@bowtie.nl> In-Reply-To: dag-erli's message of 26 Jan 1998 11:04:59 %2B0100. <xzpg1mbft4k.fsf@gjallarhorn.ifi.uio.no>
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[snip] > If what you really meant to ask is "how do I use a network interface > before it's configured", you can always ifconfig with a bogus address > (0.0.0.0), enable promiscuous mode, and then use bpf to bypass the > TCP/IP stack and "roll your own packets". Again, this requires > knowledge of the underlying hardware protocol. Ethernet should be > simple enough; read /sys/net/ethernet.h and /sys/net/if_ethersubr.c. > = Thank you, that is exactly what I meant. Ethernet support is all I need. BTW, how do I enable promiscuous mode? Marc. ---------------------------------------------------- Marc van Kempen BowTie Technology = Email: marc@bowtie.nl WWW & Databases tel. +31 40 2 43 20 65 = fax. +31 40 2 44 21 86 http://www.bowtie.nl ----------------------------------------------------
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