On Tue, 6 Nov 2001, Avniwb wrote: > Just wondered if there is any way of identifying what Ethernet Standard my > Interface Card supports *through program*. Through some ioctl??? What 'Ethernet Standard' are you talking about? Perhaps listing some of the possible selections will allow us to answer. > I am creating ethernet frames and sending it across... > based on the standard that my NIC supports, the frame header will differ... Hmmm, I'm not familiar with any Ethernet NIC that limits the frame contents on transmit. Most cards do limit the frame length, min (pad) and max (truncate or error). Donald Becker becker@scyld.com Scyld Computing Corporation http://www.scyld.com 410 Severn Ave. Suite 210 Second Generation Beowulf Clusters Annapolis MD 21403 410-990-9993 - : send the line "unsubscribe linux-net" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
