To All, Thanks for the help. I ended up adding my data packet after the ip headers and then updated the IP length: /* Allocate space for our exp_packet data payload and set the data */ d_out = (struct exp_packet *)skb_put(skb,sizeof(struct exp_packet)); d_out->headbits = (reply<<4) & 0xF0; d_out->sequence = pkthr.m_seq; d_out->payload = htons(pkthr.p_hash); /* adjust the total length of this IP packet */ iplen = skb->tail - (unsigned char *)skb->nh.iph; iph->tot_len = htons(iplen); ip_send_check(iph); This is my first venture into the kernel! On Wednesday, September 12, 2007 3:12 PM, Vlad Yasevich wrote: > >Date: Wed, 12 Sep 2007 16:12:37 -0400 >From: Vlad Yasevich >To: DHAJOGLO <DHAJOGLO@xxxxxxxxx> >Subject: Re: skb configured but can't get data allocated > >You may want to read this page: >http://vger.kernel.org/~davem/skb.html > >You will then see you problem. > >Essentially, you are writing your data into an >area that is never sent. > >What you are end up is this: > >--------------------------------------------- >| your data| space | ll-header | IPv4 header| >--------------------------------------------- > >-vlad -- To unsubscribe from this list: send an email with "unsubscribe kernelnewbies" to ecartis@xxxxxxxxxxxx Please read the FAQ at http://kernelnewbies.org/FAQ