Hi,
> - Getnetinfo is present from Win2k, older OSes doesn't provide it.
that the problem, i need to retreiv mac address from Win95 system too.. so
what can i use ?

Thanks,
Michael


> Hi,
>
> >
> >Hi all,
> >
> >> In my opinion, storing the MAC address inside the pcap_if_t
> >> structure could be a useful feature, currently I'm adding
> >> somthing similar in packet.dll.
> >Personally, I feel this belongs in Packet, not Pcap.  Then again,
> >there already *is* the GetNetInfo call which provides that info,
>
> - GetNetInfo requires to WinPcap programmers the use of another API, while
> having that information associated with an adapter makes it very esay to
> retrieve it. Citing Descript, many poeple like simplicity.
> - Getnetinfo is present from Win2k, older OSes doesn't provide it.
> - GetNetInfo *is* Win32 specific, like packet.dll. On the other side,
> wpcap.dll exports a superset of the the libpcap library, which is system
> independent. Providing link layer information on the pcap_if_t structure
> means offering a method to retrieve it in the same (simple) way under all
> the OSes supported by libpcap, which in my opnion is a very useful thing
> (and incidentally is one of the goals that I have when I develop WinPcap).
>
> Loris
>
> >and a lot more, so why add another field to the Packet structure?
> >
> >We'd have to do the same for all other MAC layers... eeew!
> >
> >--f
>
>
>
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