On (06/10/2008 14:04), Julian Elischer wrote: > Ryan French wrote: > > Hi All, > > > > For my implementation of MPLS I have just about run out of time for my > > dissertation so at the moment I am trying to create fake routing table > > entries e.t.c. rather than doing this properly (I will be doing this once > > uni > > is finished and I have more free time to work on it). I now have receiving, > > decoding and sending of packets working, except for one small problem. When > > I > > send a packet back out the MAC address is wrong. I am looking for a way in > > the ether_output function in if_ethersubr.c that I can get the MAC address > > of > > the source of the packet and then just send it back to that source. If > > anyone > > knows how to do this without having to use arpresolve or anything like that > > (the IP address of the destination is not going to be the same as the IP > > destination in the packet) or without having to setup a proper routing > > table > > then it would be much appreciated. > > > > Thanks, > > -Ryan > > _______________________________________________ > > freebsd-net@freebsd.org mailing list > > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-net > > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" > > > You could create a tag type that holds a layer 2 address, and attach > it to the packet on ingresss, > > it should stay with the packet as long as it's not destroyed.. > then on egress you could find it and use it.. That's exactly what I did for Google Summer Of Code project this year http://wiki.freebsd.org/GlebKurtsov/Improving_layer2_filtering
Ryan, you can have a look at first changesets in perforce and extract only functionality you need. _______________________________________________ freebsd-net@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-net To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
