Hi all,

> - GetNetInfo *is* Win32 specific, like packet.dll. On the other side,
> wpcap.dll exports a superset of the the libpcap library, which is
> system independent. Providing link layer information on the 
> pcap_if_t structure means offering a method to retrieve it in the
> same (simple) way under all the OSes supported by libpcap, which in
> my opnion is a very useful thing (and incidentally is one of the goals
> that I have when I develop WinPcap).
True, but there's more than just Ethernet, so if it's done at the Pcap
level, it has to be fully generic, meaning, not just for all supported
platforms, but also for all supported link layers.  Which makes the code
even more bloated...

--f


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