On Tue, 23 Oct 2007, Mateus Interciso wrote: > On Tue, 23 Oct 2007 15:56:22 +0200, Steve Graegert wrote: > > > 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 > > Thank you, I'll take a look at those books :D > > Mateus Hi, I would most certainly in the first place go for the following books by Richard Stevens: # TCP/IP Illustrated, Volume 1: The Protocols, Addison-Wesley, 1994. # TCP/IP Illustrated, Volume 2: The Implementation, Addison-Wesley, 1995. # TCP/IP Illustrated, Volume 3: TCP for Transactions, HTTP, NNTP, and the UNIX Domain Protocols, Addison-Wesley, 1996. # UNIX Network Programming, Volume 1, Second Edition: Networking APIs: Sockets and XTI, Prentice Hall, 1998. # UNIX Network Programming, Volume 2, Second Edition: Interprocess Communications, Prentice Hall, 1999. for a complete list of Richard Steven's books: http://www.kohala.com/start/#books or amazon... Than the source-code of libpcap [tcpdump] is always very helpful. Maybe also another suggestion; Effective TCP/IP programming by Snader [addison wesley] But the R.Stevens books are definitely the way to go if starting out with C topics like you've describe above. GoodLuck. J. - 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