On 03/13/2013 08:37 AM, Roger Massey wrote:
> Hi Alan,
>
> Thanks for the comments. I am short of time right now so I won't try
> to reply to each comment/question you have. I will try to do so later
> today.
>
> I have already made the change to GLIB2 getopt code.
WOOT WOOT!!
> I should have read more about glib2 BEFORE downloading c code.
I discover things in it all the time. I know what you mean!
> I have continued to work on the code the past few days and succeeded
> yesterday in sending the first discovery packet from a win xp IPV4
> only system.
>
> It cannot go any further because we need to provide the
> discovery-agents functionality on windows that you have on linux. I
> have not thought much about the right way forward.
Right. I forgot that I need at least network discovery to get started.
I'm not sure I need real content, but it definitely needs a well-formed
packet.
> Some of my changes were probably not windows specific but more ipv6-ipv4.
>
> One interesting thing - pcap_create("eth0" ...) doesn't work (I need
> to try "any" or "all"). What does work for me is the ever popular
> pcap_create("\\Device\\NPF_{6A452F03-14BC-45EB-A6E6-0261AB51273B}"
> ...). Getting a list of these things is easy but pragmatically picking
> the right one is not (I chose the one that works manually).
I didn't know any or all was an option (?). Hmmm... I knew eth0
sucked, but it got me started. I was thinking about having the network
discovery drive that. I completely spaced out Windows...
> I see you have made some changes. I think I will do a bit more work,
> then export against your repo again.
Awesome! Thanks again!
--
Alan Robertson <[email protected]> - @OSSAlanR
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Wilberforce
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