Re: sending MAC packets
From: Charles Swiger (cswiger_at_mac.com)
Date: 05/04/05
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Date: Tue, 3 May 2005 20:58:04 -0400 To: Daniel Valencia <fetrovsky@yahoo.com>
On May 3, 2005, at 8:33 PM, Daniel Valencia wrote:
> I'm doing research on network-layer protocols, so I
> need a way to send packets straight into layer 2. So
> far i've been reffered to raw sockets, but i've read
> the code and i cannot skip header checking and that
> stuff... Is there a way to interact with the network
> if in a way that I can get network parameters (mtu,
> etc.) and send packets (specify destination mac
> address and payload)??
A non-portable mechanism for doing so is called the BPF, which is used
by the ISC DHCP software and other programs to create packets at a low
level. Another option would be the libnet library, which will use the
BPF on BSD-derived systems, but will also work on Solaris and other
platforms which want/need to use other mechanisms to inject packets.
Be aware that the network stack may still alter packets somewhat,
although less so than trying to go through the raw socket interface.
This is particularly the case if hardware functionality like TXCSUM is
enabled; you may not be able to forge the sender MAC address, either,
although changing the destination MAC addr ought to be fine.
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