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Date:      Thu, 14 Feb 2002 17:20:48 -0500 (EST)
From:      Garrett Wollman <wollman@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu>
To:        Vinod Namboodiri <geekvinod@yahoo.com>
Cc:        freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   MAC Layer of TCP/IP stack
Message-ID:  <200202142220.g1EMKmZ30049@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu>
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<<On Thu, 14 Feb 2002 14:16:15 -0800 (PST), Vinod Namboodiri <geekvinod@yahoo.com> said:

> i need to be modifying the firmware of the wireless
> network card which probably has the mac layer code?

The MAC layer is almost invariably implemented in hardware for modern
network interfaces.  In the case of wireless networks, that's usually
firmware running on a microcontroller inside the card, although
controllers differ as to the amount of functionality assumed by the
firmware.

FreeBSD's network stack implements support for Ethernet-like devices
from the LLC sublayer up.

-GAWollman


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