Michael Kjorling wrote:
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>On Apr 8 2002 19:05 +0200, S�bastien Peterson wrote:
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>>I'm also having some trouble with the sin6_scope_id field... I filled
>>it up (succesfully!!) with the interface index, wich I determined with
>>
>>#include <net/if.h>
>> unsigned int if_nametoindex(const char *ifname);
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>>But I don't understand why the kernel doesn't fill that field up,
>>knowing the destination address and the routes tables...??? If someone
>>could tell me more about that, it would help.
>>Thanks,
>>
>>Seb.
>>
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>I'd guess it's because you're dealing with raw sockets, and if you'd
>ask me those should be just that, raw. Bare bones, to put it another
>way. If you're not up to finding out which interface you wish to send
>your data on, maybe you should just stay away from raw sockets
>completely? ;-)
>
>No, seriously, I guess one reason could be that the destination
>address may be link or site local - and then you have to know which
>interface to send the packet on.
>
Sorry, but I ommited to mention my problems had nothing to do with raw
sockets.
And like I said, knowing the destination address, can't the kernel
determine the scope with the routing tables......?
Seb.
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