Hi,

> When you want to send a frame through an interface basicly you have to
know:
> the source MAC address (do a PacketRequest with OID_802_3_CURRENT_ADDRESS
on
> the adapter), the destination MAC address, the source IP and the
destination
> IP. How do you find out the source IP?

Well, there are different methods. With WinPcap, you can use
PacketGetNetInfo(), PacketGetNetInfoEx() or pcap_lookupnet().

> So let's say we know the destination IP... do I have to do an ARP request
to
> find out what's that IP's MAC address?

On a LAN, yes.

Loris.

> In the case of a PPP link (like dialup) the src MAC is probably ' SRC\0'
and
> the destination MAC 'DEST\0\0'. Again, how do we find out the src IP?
>
> -Druid
>


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