On Mon, 25 Feb 2008, patrioticduo wrote:
> "raw ethernet" - is that LINUXease for Layer 2?
not so much Linux but Unix :-)
>
> Thanks for the help.
>
> Mike.
>
> --- In Jim Jackson <> wrote:
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>> On Sun, 24 Feb 2008, patrioticduo wrote:
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>>> Hi TS people,
>>>
>>> I am looking at developing a product that will require the ability to
>>> shutdown and bring back up the physical Ethernet ports down under
>>> software control.
>>>
>>> And it will also require the ability to pass Ethernet frames while
>>> bypassing the IP stack. In other words, software needs to be able to
>>> bridge Ethernet frames from one port to another and generate frames
>>> and put them onto the Ethernet at will.
>>>
>>> Is anyone aware of LINUX being able to do this (I can't imagine it NOT
>>> being able to)? Is there a code base I should be looking at to find
>>> the various calls involved?
>>>
>>> Many thanks for any help received.
>>
>> I typed
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>> linux raw ethernet
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>> into google and came up with lots of info.
>>
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