On 10/23/07, Mateus Interciso <p.zarnick@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Tue, 23 Oct 2007 13:15:11 +0200, Steve Graegert wrote: > > > On 10/23/07, Mateus Interciso <p.zarnick@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> Hello, I'm currently on university, and for my graduation paper, I'll > >> be implementing a routing algorythm, by hand, in C. The routing > >> algorythm itself is not easy, but one of the starting parts of it, is > >> to find a way of discovering the MAC that it is currently connected to, > >> maybe is bether if I draw, since I'm not really that good in english: > >> > >> [PC with n NICs]-----(n cables)---->[n PCs] > >> > >> I have full control of the first PC, of course, since is the one I'm > >> implementing the router, so I do know the MAC of it, but how to > >> discover the MAC on the other end of the n lines, so I can start > >> sending packets? > > > > Probably this is a starting point: (not tested) > > > > ___ BEGIN SOURCE ___ > > > > #include <iostream> > > #include <stdio.h> > > #include <netdb.h> > > #include <netinet/if_ether.h> > > > > int read_mac(void) { > > int sock, sockfd, n, cnt; > > char buffer[2048]; > > unsigned char *iphead, *ethhead; > > struct ether_addr ether; > > > > if ((sock = socket(PF_PACKET, SOCK_RAW, htons(ETH_P_IP))) < 0) { > > perror("socket"); > > exit(1); > > } > > > > while (1) { > > if ((n = recvfrom(sock, buffer, 2048, 0, NULL, NULL)) == > -1) { > > perror("recvfrom"); > > close(sock); > > exit(1); > > } > > > > ethhead = (unsigned char *)buffer; > > > > if (ethhead != NULL) { > > iphead = (unsigned char *)(buffer + 14); // Skip > Ethernet header > > printf("Peer MAC: " > > "%02x:%02x:%02x:%02x:%02x:%02x\n", > > ethhead[0], ethhead[1], ethhead[2], > > ethhead[3], ethhead[4], ethhead[5]); > > printf("Source MAC: " > > "%02x:%02x:%02x:%02x:%02x:%02x\n", > > ethhead[6], ethhead[7], ethhead[8], > > ethhead[9], ethhead[10], ethhead[11]); > > > > if (*iphead == 0x45) { // Check for IPv4, no > options present > > printf("Peer IP: %d.%d.%d.%d\n", > > iphead[12], iphead[13], > > iphead[14], iphead[15]); > > printf("Source IP: %d.%d.%d.%d\n", > > iphead[16], iphead[17], > > iphead[18], iphead[19]); > > printf("Protocol (UDP = 11): %02x Hex\n", > iphead[9]); > > } > > } > > } > > > > return 0; > > } > > > > > > int main(int argc, char **argv) { > > read_mac(); > > return EXIT_SUCCESS; > > } > > > > ___ END SOURCE ___ > > > > Honestly, you should make yourself acquainted with low-level network > > programming. Otherwise you'll be asking a lot of theses questions in > > the future. Anyway, hope this helps. > > > > \Steve > > > > -- > > > > Steve Grägert > > DigitalEther.de > > - > > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe > > linux-c-programming" in the body of a message to > > majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at > > http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > > Thank you, this will help. > Do you have any book/site where I can take a deep look into how to do > that stuff? I can't make any recommendations beyond the well-known programming books like Steven's UNP and O'Reilly's "Understanding the Linux Kernel". Additionally, you may find Sams Publishing 's "Linux(R) Socket Programming" (0672319357) useful. \Steve -- Steve Grägert DigitalEther.de - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-c-programming" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html