Julian Elischer writes:
> > > ok. i just have a dumb question. what is the big deal with updating
> > > ether_shost
> > > in ethernet header in ngether_rcvdata. since we are passing raw ethernet
> > > frame,
> > > why should we update ether_shost? wouldn't it be nice to make it optional?
> > > just another control message?
> >
> > I agree.. you should have to set the host address manually.
>
> It's because all packets sent by this node should have the node's
> address. If you don't have it then PPPoE cannot send a packet "FROM"
> thia node, as it has no idea of what this node's address is.
So.. we can have two hooks, one that sets the host address and
one that doesn't.. :-)
-Archie
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