Re: PF_PACKET, ETH_P_IP does not catch outgoing packets.

Andi Kleen (ak@muc.de)
23 Dec 1999 18:33:51 +0100


froese@gmx.de (Edgar Toernig) writes:

> Hi,
>
> I noticed that raw sockets created with
>
> socket(PF_PACKET, SOCK_RAW, htons(ETH_P_IP))
>
> and a later
>
> setsockopt(... ADD_MEMBERSHIP (PROMISC)...)
>
> do not receive outgoing packets. Just changing the
> protocol to ETH_P_ALL (or a later bind with that proto)
> will get all packets. Is this intentional? (I don't think
> so *g*) Any idea for a quick fix?

I just tried it and it works fine here with 2.2.13

-Andi

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