Hi, > Hi all, > > > - 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). > True, but there's more than just Ethernet, so if it's done at the Pcap > level, it has to be fully generic, meaning, not just for all supported > platforms, but also for all supported link layers. Which makes the code > even more bloated...
IP Helper API provides for this purpose a generic array of bytes with variable length, whose maximum size is 8 bytes. Loris >--f ================================================================== This is the WinPcap users list. It is archived at http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ To unsubscribe use mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ==================================================================
