Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 8 Nov 2002 09:14:29 +0100 | From | Willy Tarreau <> | Subject | Re: pure raw eth sockets |
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On Fri, Nov 08, 2002 at 12:12:44AM -0600, Colin Burnett wrote: > I'm at a complete road block here and I appreciate any help! > > I'm trying to write a packet generator that generates a packet down to the > destination/src mac address of an eth frame. However, nothing I find seems to > explain how to do this let alone if it is possible. As example (for > familiarity), implementing a RARP client (and server). I first create a socket:
I wrote a tool which works exactly like this, to test network equipments to limits. It's slightly commented, and relatively basic. You can download it there :
http://w.ods.org/tools/ethforge/
Just a tip: don't start it without args, by default it will bomb as many packets as possible on your network! Read it first :-)
Cheers, Willy
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