Subject: Re: supported harware for zeroconf
To: Silvio Valenti <silvio.valenti@gmail.com>
From: Bill Studenmund <wrstuden@netbsd.org>
List: tech-net
Date: 07/04/2005 08:47:46
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On Mon, Jul 04, 2005 at 10:21:14AM +0000, Silvio Valenti wrote:
> I was wondering what kind of data link hardware I shall support.
> Shall I also support IEEE80211? If it is the case, the bpf interface
> is compatible with that? Because I read it currently works only with
> Ethernet.

Support ethernet.

As others have noted, while 802.11 uses a different packet format, once
you peel off some headers, there is a normal ethernet frame. dhcp and
tcpdump work fine on 802.11. So just go for normal ethernet.

Take care,

Bill

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