Re: raw ethernet packets

From: Barry Margolin (barmar_at_alum.mit.edu)
Date: 12/14/04 

Date: Mon, 13 Dec 2004 19:14:09 -0500

In article <41be18a8$0$80336$a1866201@visi.com>,
 Grant Edwards <grante@visi.com> wrote:

> On 2004-12-13, Pirabhu Raman <pirabhur@ufl.edu> wrote:
>
> > What do I need to do to process this packet at destination?
>
> If there's a specific Ethernet protocol number you're using,
> you can specify the protocol number when you create the socket.
> Then that socket will receive all packets with that protocol
> number.

The protocol number specifies an *IP* protocol, not an Ethernet
ethertype. 

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Barry Margolin, barmar@alum.mit.edu
Arlington, MA
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