taku@cathedral.cerc.wvu.wvnet.edu (Takumei So) (03/06/91)
Could someone tell me how to (i.e., what function/system call
to use to) get a local ethernet address of a Silicon Graphics host
in a LAN?
I am writing a network traffic monitor for SGI machines which
captures all ethernet traffic destined for the local machine running
the program. To do this on SGI machines, I am using a filter
available with SNOOP protocol and RAW socket, by setting an
appropriate field for destination address with the local ethernet
address.
Right now, I am hardcoding the ethernet address in the program
and testing it on a particular SGI machine. But I would like to be able
to run it on any SGI machine and capture any ethernet traffic destined
for the local machine. Hence the question: How do I get the local
ethernet address of an SGI machine?.
The SGI machines are running IRIX System V Release 3.3.1. I looked
into man pages and available SGI manuals here, but I can't seem to find
exactly how. Please e-mail your reply, and I will summarize them for
posting. Thanks much in advance.
-Taku
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