Playing UDP packets on different NICs

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  1. ihandler

    ihandler Registered Member

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    Is it possible to playback and receive UDP packets on different NICs (network interface cards) that were used to transmit and receive the original packets?
    I tried to use Colasoft Packet Player with no success.
    Explanation: I try to capture packets sent from computer A to computer B on my LAN. I want this file to be played on a different LAN (i.e. computer A' tansmits the packets to computer B').
    I beleive that it does not work because the MAC addresses of the computers are not identical.
     
  2. Nelson

    Nelson Registered Member

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    Actually it works.

    MAC address is just used for identification.
    In fact a NIC can encapsulate the frames/packets with any MAC address.
    A burned in MAC address is merely an allocated ID rather than a fixed number you have to hold it through your entire life.

    Main idea: the MAC address in the packets is irrelated to the burnned in MAC addree of your NIC.

    Examples:
    1) ARP poisoning.
    2) virtual machine in briging network mode. The virtual use the same physical NIC of the "real" machine, but appears as different MAC <-> IP pairs.

    You can simply change your MAC address in the NIC config tab.

    Conclusion: Physical MAC address difference will not affect the packet player from playing packets with any MAC address.
     

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