I want to know how a network packet travels through different layers i.e. from physical layer to presentation layer in Linux systems. I want very detailed article or book on this topic with codes in C. I tried to Google it but unable to find. Any other type of guidance is welcomed. Kindly help. Thanks in advance.
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linux networking stack and Linux network stack walkthrough
Google has even more if you want it. Google up "linux network stack"
jay.lee
2010-09-28 18:48:30
Thanks buddy, It helped.
2010-09-28 18:54:40
No problemo, my good fellow
jay.lee
2010-09-28 18:58:33
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If you're really serious one of the standard references is TCP/IP Illustrated by W. Richard Stevens. The first volume walks through the protocols from Ethernet up to TCP and a few application layer protocols. This show how the bits are supposed are moved around and interpreted. Volume 2 goes through a BSD implementation. If you want an in-depth understanding Stevens is the way to go.
Paul Rubel
2010-09-28 22:00:57