On Mon, Aug 30, 2010 at 10:07:06AM +0200, Jean-Francois wrote: > Might you please indicate how in the construction of an IP packet the mac > address in incorporated into it. Is the job of the OS or of the IF ? If the > OS > is responsible for it, how is it processed and is it possible to change the > physical address in the packets sent for an address of our choice ?
I think you're looking for lladdr option to ifconfig. As to the rest of your question, see any decent textbook. Or start at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethernet#Ethernet_frames. Joachim -- PotD: x11/mrxvt - multi-tabbed terminal emulator
