Re: HI

[S Chetan Kumar <chetansk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Mon, 31 May 1999, shobhan wrote:

>       Is it possible to send a frame by using the following setup
> 
>     sockid = socket(AF_INET,SOCK_RAW,IPROTO_IP);
> 
>     Can I able send ethernet frames by using the following socket.  I

Nope AFAIK with SOCK_RAW, you would be able to send IP packets, but not
ethernet frame. Socket with SOCK_RAW will just pass on the whole buffer
you are writing, so you would be able to frame ur own IP packet, and rest
of the stuff(ie framing ethernet frame) from that point is taken up by the
kernel.
Hope I am clear

- -Chetan S
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