Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 22 Mar 1999 09:24:46 +0000 (GMT/BST) | From | Mike Jagdis <> | Subject | Re: Experimental wireless network |
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On 19 Mar 1999 nbecker@fred.net wrote:
> Do any other approaches come to mind? Any examples? Can I route the > data directly to my usermode program from the ethernet?
You could avoid touching the kernel completely by using an ethertap device. It looks like a network interface but has a program on the other side reading and writing packets. See the tap.c code in diald (http://diald.unix.ch) for an example. It's real easy :-).
Mike
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