XPost: comp.arch.embedded, sci.electronics.design   
   From: map.nospam@f2s.com   
      
   "markp"  wrote in message   
   news:81ac4aF3c3U1@mid.individual.net...   
   >   
   >> I think I got to the bottom of it - why this is impossible under   
   >> windows, that is.   
   >> I had posted the same question in a local (Bulgarian) forum, and today   
   >> a guy replied and posted this pointer:   
   >   
   >>  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raw_socket   
   >   
   > Raw sockets is the ability to bypass the encapsulation of the lower level   
   > OS. All you need to do is send a legitimate UDP broadcast 'enquire' packet   
   > and receive uni-cast replies, I can't see why you would want to create   
   > your own raw packets and why you can't just use the OS to encapsulate your   
   > data normally (?)   
   >   
   > Mark.   
   >   
   FYI:   
   http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/cc163648.aspx   
      
   Mark.   
      
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