Re: Setting the source MAC address in sent packets

From: Michel Kaempf (maxx@via.ecp.fr)
Date: Wed Mar 29 2000 - 10:20:22 EST

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On Thu, Mar 30, 2000, Martijn van Oosterhout wrote:
> How can I set this (I want bridge IPX packets between
> two networks *without* changing any of the headers at
> all) from a userspace program?

You can create a SOCK_PACKET type socket (and not SOCK_RAW because in
SOCK_RAW mode the kernel creates the ethernet header automatically), and
then build yourself the ethernet header and the whole ethernet frame. I
have an example programe if you need one.

Regards,

-- MaXX

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