Re: [Openvpn-devel] How does one use Tun/tap for raw frames???

[Timothy B. <T.E...@me...>]

<posted & mailed>

In message <46E...@cy...>, Jeff Wiegley <je...@cy...> wrote:


> Basically...
> 
> # tunctl -u jeffw
> # ifconfig tap0 10.10.0.1 netmask 255.255.255.0
> $ ./tapwatcher tap0
> 
> Then from another window I want to be able to do
> "ping 10.10.0.1" and tapwatcher should spew the
> raw Ethernet frames that would be generated on
> tap0.

No, that won't work as 10.10.0.1 is a local IP address. Try pinging
10.10.0.2, your program should then receive some ARP packets.
 
> Am I missing something fundamental?

LOL

The address of an interface is an address of the host which the interface
belongs to, and hosts process traffic addressed to them.

Jeff Wiegley, I suggest you forward this message to je...@cy... so that
he can read it.