Date: Wed, 07 Oct 1998 08:41:08 -0700 From: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> To: Andre Albsmeier <andre.albsmeier@mchp.siemens.de> Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: How to send data between two network cards directly? Message-ID: <199810071541.IAA00429@dingo.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 07 Oct 1998 16:58:06 %2B0200." <199810071458.QAA01398@internal>
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> > I have two machines connected with two network cards directly > together via 10Base2. I would like to send data from one > machine two the other without doing IP or any other > protocol. You have to have some protocol, or you can't tell what any given item of data is. > What functions in FreeBSD could be used for that without > hacking around in the kernel or the network drivers? > > Is there something like a low-level-open or some ioctl > or anything similar? >From the opposite direction - why do you want to do this? There's a perfectly functional solution already available that doesn't involve reinventing the wheel. -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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