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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mira.net.au!news.netspace.net.au!news.mel.connect.com.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!feed1.news.erols.com!howland.erols.net!news-peer.gsl.net!news.gsl.net!news-dc.gsl.net!news.gsl.net!news From: John Lucas <jlucas@jnet.vi> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Etherload, bpf, nocol etc., how? Date: Fri, 08 Nov 1996 09:26:26 -0400 Organization: University of the Virgin Islands Lines: 33 Message-ID: <32833502.41C67EA6@jnet.vi> References: <55cvaf$hfn@chenab.lums.edu.pk> <55qrfn$j39@news.parc.xerox.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: backen.uvi.edu Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 2.01 (X11; I; FreeBSD 2.1.0-RELEASE i386) Bill Fenner wrote: > > In article <55cvaf$hfn@chenab.lums.edu.pk>, > Sohail Aslam <aslam@lums.edu.pk> wrote: > >% ./etherload -d /dev/bpf0 > >debug: Checking for devices: /dev/bpf0 > >etherload: BIOCSETIF: Device not configured > > I've never used etherload, but this error indicates that etherload is > trying to use the BIOCSETIF ioctl to tell bpf which interface to use, > and bpf is saying it's invalid. Is there a switch to etherload to give > it the interface name? Perhaps you really want "-d ed0" or whatever, > instead of "-d /dev/bpf0". > > Bill > Not quite. This is referring to the "Berkeley Packet Filter device" which requires generating a new kernal with the following option: pseudo-device bpfilter 4 #Berkeley packet filter And you'll need to create the device itself as well: cd /dev MAKEDEV bpf0 --- | John Lucas jlucas@jnet.vi | | Information Technology NIC Handle: JL423 | | University of the Virgin Islands (809) 693-1216 | | St. Thomas, VI 00802 http://www.jnet.vi/jlucas.html |