yes you are correct. netgraph will allow you to write any random data to an ethernet port. (no headers will be prepended..) chek out netgraph(3) and nghook as example code. also check the various examples in /usr/share/examples/netgraph too. gotta go.. My flight leaves soon.. (am in Singapore airport) hopefully archie or brian can help you a bit too. julian (p.s. check out the daemonnews article too) To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-net" in the body of the message