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Re: question about putting packets on the wire



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> From:  "Dwalu Z. Khasu" <[email protected]>
> To:    John Heidemann <[email protected]>
> cc:    Sumit Gupta <[email protected]>, [email protected]
> Subject: Re: question about putting packets on the wire 
> Date:  Wed, 18 Nov 1998 14:09:12 PST
>
> 
> Thanx for the quick response...there is one issue in the
> documentation that I'd like to resolve.  The docs mention two emulation
> modes: opaque and protocol.  The documentation also states that only
> opaque had been implemented as of Mar 1998?!?  Is this still true?  What's
> the status of the 'protocol' mode?  Thanx much
> 
> 				- Dwalu
> .peace

The opaque mode really includes the capability to receive or
generate IP packets, UDP packets, plus receive other lower-layer
packets/frames via a packet filter interface.

The protocol mode (e.g. placing a real-world capable TCP or other
endpoint in the simulator) is not yet implemented, with a small
exception: there is an ICMP ECHO reply agent which makes it
possible to "ping" the simulator from the real world.

- Kevin