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Diffstat (limited to 'usr.sbin/ipsend/ipresend/ipresend.1')
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1 files changed, 21 insertions, 16 deletions
diff --git a/usr.sbin/ipsend/ipresend/ipresend.1 b/usr.sbin/ipsend/ipresend/ipresend.1 index 85b5245b4a1..96633a6089a 100644 --- a/usr.sbin/ipsend/ipresend/ipresend.1 +++ b/usr.sbin/ipsend/ipresend/ipresend.1 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.Dd October 9, 1999 +.Dd October 9, 1999 .Dt IPRESEND 1 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -26,19 +26,21 @@ must be run as root. .Ss OPTIONS .Bl -tag -width "d interface " .It Fl d Ar interface -Set the interface name to be the name supplied. This is useful with the +Set the interface name to be the name supplied. +This is useful with the .Fl P , .Fl S , -.Fl T +.Fl T , and .Fl E options, where it is not otherwise possible -to associate a packet with an interface. Normal +to associate a packet with an interface. +Normal .Sq text packets can override this setting. .It Fl g Ar gateway -Specify the hostname of the gateway through which to route packets. This -is required whenever the destination host isn't directly attached to the +Specify the hostname of the gateway through which to route packets. +This is required whenever the destination host isn't directly attached to the same network as the host from which you're sending. .It Fl m Ar mtu Set the MTU used when sending out packets to @@ -47,10 +49,12 @@ This option allows you to set a fake MTU, allowing the simulation of network interfaces with small MTU's. .It Fl r Ar filename -Specify the filename from which to take input. Default is +Specify the filename from which to take input. +Default is .Va stdin . .It Fl E -The input file is to be text output from etherfind. The text formats which +The input file is to be text output from etherfind. +The text formats which are currently supported are those which result from the following etherfind option combinations: .Bd -literal -offset indent @@ -59,7 +63,8 @@ etherfind -n -t .Ed .It Fl H The input file is to be hex digits, representing the binary makeup of the -packet. No length correction is made if an incorrect length is put in +packet. +No length correction is made if an incorrect length is put in the IP header. .It Fl P The input file specified by @@ -67,13 +72,13 @@ The input file specified by is a binary file produced using libpcap (i.e., .Xr tcpdump 8 -version 3). Packets are read from this file as being input -(for rule purposes). +version 3). +Packets are read from this file as being input (for rule purposes). .It Fl R When sending packets out, send them out -.Sq raw -(the way they came in). The -only real significance here is that it will expect the link layer (i.e., +.Sq raw +(the way they came in). +The only real significance here is that it will expect the link layer (i.e., Ethernet) headers to be prepended to the IP packet being output. .It Fl S The input file is to be in @@ -81,8 +86,8 @@ The input file is to be in format (see .Tn RFC 1761 ) . Packets are read -from this file and used as input from any interface. This is perhaps the -most useful input type, currently. +from this file and used as input from any interface. +This is perhaps the most useful input type, currently. .It Fl T The input file is to be text output from .Xr tcpdump 8 . |