netgraph questions on ng_tee, ng_iface, ng_socket

Andrew Riabtsev resident at b-o.ru
Tue Jan 20 03:44:28 PST 2004


GS> On Tue, Jan 20, 2004 at 11:48:44AM +0300, Andrew Riabtsev wrote:
A>> >> Connecting ng_iface:inet and ng_ether:upper/lower do nothing, well, it
A>> >> do something but not what you are waiting for, i think.
A>> 
A>> DN> i know, hence was asking if there was something i could do, even if it
A>> DN> meant writing an extension to ng_ether to create a new netgraph type.
A>> 
A>> You could try to write netgraph module that makes same thing with
A>> packets and frame as functions ether_(input/output) in
A>> net/if_ethersubr.c. Thats all that come in my mind.

GS> Isn't ng_etf(4) the one you need?


As i undestand this module just filters packets, using values in
ethernet header, but Dinesh need something that add ethernet header to ip
packet in one direction and stript ip-packet from ethernet frame in
other direction.

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 Andrew                            mailto:resident at b-o.ru



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