Re: pure raw eth sockets

[Willy Tarreau <willy@w.ods.org>]

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