linux-kernel - Re: sending raw packets via PPP

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Message-Id: <1186446749.29150.40.camel@shuttle.linxdev.com>
Date:	Mon, 06 Aug 2007 20:32:29 -0400
From:	Christopher Fowler <cfowler@...postsentinel.com>
To:	Kevin K <k_krieser@...global.net>
Cc:	James Carlson <carlsonj@...kingcode.com>,
	linux-ppp@...r.kernel.org,
	Linux-kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: sending raw packets via PPP

On Mon, 2007-08-06 at 19:24 -0500, Kevin K wrote:
> The DHCP source code therefore wants  
> to send raw packets (SOCKET_PACKET) (down to the ethernet addressing  
> info).  

I can imagine that would be the case.  The box requesting the DHCP
address has no IP address.  Therefore TCP/IP can not be used at that
point to communicate between the two.  I've not had to look at the DHCP
code to see how this works.



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