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   XPost: comp.arch.embedded, sci.electronics.design   
   From: map.nospam@f2s.com   
      
   > 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.   
      
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