Hi, Sorry for the crosspost, since this seems to concern all lists. I know that when two network devices exist on the same machine, then pkts with dev1 as source and dev2 as destination are resolved at the IP layer, without sending them down to the link layer through traffic control. What could i do, if i wanted such packets to go down to the Traffic control layer before coming back up? Has anybody implemented this? I have two software devices on the same machine which want to exchange pkts *but* after passing the traffic control code. TIA. ciao, Amit -- I'm an angel!!! Honest! The horns are just there to hold the halo up straight. ^-^-^-^-^-^-^-^-^-^-^-^-^-^-^-^-^-^-^-^-^-^-^-^-^-^-^ Amit Kucheria EECS Grad. Research Assistant University of Kansas @ Lawrence (R)+1-(785)-830 8521 ||| (O)+1-(785)-864 7774 ____________________________________________________ -- Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/