On Apr 04 21:03:58, Alessandro Baggi wrote:
> Hi list. I'm coding a little program with libpcap that captures ARP
> packet.

Why? tcpdump arp

> In this program I try to cast an  arphdr struct pointer to
> the packet, to read ARP packet parameters, and in this point I have
> the problem.

tcpdump -e arp

If you are sure you need to write your own code for this,
look at the source of tcpdump to see how they do it.

> This is the code of the callback pcap_loop function:
> 
> void mac(u_char *args, const struct pcap_pkthdr *header, const
> u_char *packet)
> {
>         struct arphdr *arp = NULL;
>         arp = (struct arphdr *) packet;
>         printf("%d:%d:%d\n", arp->ar_sha[0], arp->ar_sha[1],
> arp->ar_sha[2]);
>         return;
> }
> 
> Compiling this source, I get the following error:
> 
> oad-cap.c: In function 'mac':
> oad-cap.c:11: error: 'struct arphdr' has no member named 'ar_sha'
> oad-cap.c:11: error: 'struct arphdr' has no member named 'ar_sha'
> oad-cap.c:11: error: 'struct arphdr' has no member named 'ar_sha'
> 
> Now, I've seen in /usr/include/net/if_arp.h and get:
> 
> struct  arphdr {
>         u_int16_t ar_hrd;       /* format of hardware address */
> #define ARPHRD_ETHER    1       /* ethernet hardware format */
> #define ARPHRD_IEEE802  6       /* IEEE 802 hardware format */
> #define ARPHRD_FRELAY   15      /* frame relay hardware format */
> #define ARPHRD_IEEE1394 24      /* IEEE 1394 (FireWire) hardware format */
>         u_int16_t ar_pro;       /* format of protocol address */
>         u_int8_t  ar_hln;       /* length of hardware address */
>         u_int8_t  ar_pln;       /* length of protocol address */
>         u_int16_t ar_op;        /* one of: */
> #define ARPOP_REQUEST   1       /* request to resolve address */
> #define ARPOP_REPLY     2       /* response to previous request */
> #define ARPOP_REVREQUEST 3      /* request protocol address given
> hardware */
> #define ARPOP_REVREPLY  4       /* response giving protocol address */
> #define ARPOP_INVREQUEST 8      /* request to identify peer */
> #define ARPOP_INVREPLY  9       /* response identifying peer */
> /*
>  * The remaining fields are variable in size,
>  * according to the sizes above.
>  */
> #ifdef COMMENT_ONLY
>         u_int8_t  ar_sha[];     /* sender hardware address */
>         u_int8_t  ar_spa[];     /* sender protocol address */
>         u_int8_t  ar_tha[];     /* target hardware address */
>         u_int8_t  ar_tpa[];     /* target protocol address */
> #endif
> };
> 
> I've tried to #define COMMENT_ONLY, with no result. But I think that
> the solution is not #define COMMENT_ONLY.
> I've searched on google, same with no result.
> Someone know what it does depend?
> 
> Thanks in advance.

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