Re: Ethernet with no IP address

You should be able to do that with ebtables, though it might have some  
limitations.

- Allan

On Wed, 10 Jul 2013 16:45:46 +0300, Eric Barnes  
<[email protected]> wrote:

>
> Greetings and Salutations;
>
>
> Is it possible to access an Ethernet port in Debian WITHOUT it being  
> configured?  
> I would like a device that has two ports with no IPs and acts as a  
> SWITCH, but with logic to examine and act on packets as they come  
> through.
>
> From the research I've done, this is not possible without developing  
> custom device driver and/or possibly changing part of kernel.
>
> Just looking for some confirmation either way from people that know.  :-)
>
>
> Thanks,
>
> Eric



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