At 11:17 PM 3/19/2002 -0500, Rodent of Unusual Size wrote:
>I'm not real conversant with the various packet formats.
>Is there anything at the TCP packet level that might include
>the MAC address of either endpoint?  If so, I rather guess
>it isn't used, but I'm not even sure it exists.  In other
>words, is the MAC address completely inaccessible in a WAN
>environment using TCP, or only by convention?
>
I believe that the TCP layer doesn't carry the MAC.
You will need to go to a lower level protocol.

Use the force ! :)

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