[mcnet4l-devel] protocol encapsulation

[Daniel S. <st...@in...>]

hi mark.

i must admit i'm having serious trouble with the type assignments on
packet headers.

i originally expected standard EtherType assignments, but according to
DR1.0 appendix E i was wrong (though i'm sure that's what people
originally had in mind).

1. first issue: what is a ``raw 2.14 packet''? i know what a raw
   _socket_ is, but raw packets? is this meant to support the mcni?
   then the mcni should have done without user provided packet
   headers, but rather provide a target addresses as parameters. it is
   interfering with the protocol stack anyways.

2. encapsulating IP is fine, but how do i now get ARP on wire? through
   ethernet frames? (nonsensical. that would completely mess up the
   concepts of encapsulation).

confused,
daniel

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