[Winpcap-users] RE: simultaneous read and write on a interface

Loris Degioanni loris.degioanni at gmail.com
Tue Jul 11 15:25:16 GMT 2006


The new UserLevelBridge example in the documentation shows how to use 
PCAP_OPENFLAG_NOCAPTURE_LOCAL to implement a simple bridge with two 
send/receive interfaces.

Loris


Marcel van Lieshout wrote:
> The reception of self-sent packets can be avoided by using flag 
> PCAP_OPENFLAG_NOCAPTURE_LOCAL which is new in V4 and works like a charm.
> 
> Marcel
> 
> Mark Buchanan wrote:
>> I have found no issues with using the same adapter opened in the usual
>> way to both read and write packets. Just combine the code given in the
>> examples for both reading and writing packets in the same program. Be
>> aware that whatever you write will be received by the same adapter -
>> filters can be coded to avoid problems.
>>
>> Mark Buchanan
>>
>> Original:
>>
>> Date: Mon, 10 Jul 2006 13:55:58 +0100
>> From: "ahsan askari" <ahsanaskari at gmail.com>
>> Subject: [Winpcap-users] simultaneous read and write on a interface.
>> To: winpcap-users at winpcap.org
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>> Hi,
>>
>> Could anyone please tell me that if I want to read and write packets
>> on
>> the same interface simultaneously, how could I do that ? Whether I
>> just
>> have to call the required function for reading and writing and the
>> winpcap library manages teh simultaneous read and write it self or do
>> I
>> have to employ a mechanism my self to do this ?
>>
>> Thank you
>> Ahsan
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