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30.Dd February 28, 2001
31.Dt NG_ETF 4
32.Os FreeBSD
33.Sh NAME
34.Nm ng_etf
35.Nd Ethertype filtering netgraph node type
36.Sh SYNOPSIS
37.Fd #include <netgraph/ng_etf.h>
38.Sh DESCRIPTION
39The
40.Nm etf
41node type multiplexes and filters data between hooks on the basis
42of the ethertype found in an ethernet header, presumed to be in the
43first 14 bytes of the data. Incoming Ethernet frames are accepted on
44the
45.Em downstream
46hook and if the ethertype matches a value which the node has been configured
47to filter, the packet is forwarded out the hook which was identified
48at the time that value was configured. If it does not match a configured
49value, it is passed to the
50.Em nomatch
51hook. If the
52.Em nomatch
53hook is not connected, the packet is dropped.
54.Pp
55Packets travelling in the other direction  (towards the
56.Em downstream
57hook) are also examined and filtered.
58If a packet has an ethertype that matches one of he values configured
59into the node, it must have arrived in on the hook for which that value
60was configured otherwise it wil be discarded. Ethertypes of values other
61than those configured by the control messages must have arrived via the
62.Em nomatch
63hook.
64.Sh HOOKS
65This node type supports the following hooks:
66.Pp
67.Bl -tag -width foobar
68.It Em downstream
69Typically this hook would be connected to a
70.Xr ng_ether 4
71node, using the
72.Em lower
73hook.
74.It Em nomatch
75Typically this hook would also be connected to an
76.Xr ng_ether 4
77type node using the
78.Em upper
79hook.
80.It Em <any legal name>
81Any other hook name will be accepted and can be used as the match target
82of an ethertype. Typically this hook would be attached to
83a protocol handling node that requires and generates packets
84with a particular set of ethertypes.
85.El
86.Sh CONTROL MESSAGES
87This node type supports the generic control messages, plus the following:
88.Bl -tag -width foo
89.It Em NGM_ETF_GET_STATUS
90This command returns a
91.Em "struct ng_etfstat"
92containing node statistics for packet counts.
93.It Em NGM_ETF_SET_FILTER
94Sets the a new ethertype filter into the node and specifies the hook to and
95from which packets of that type should use. The hook and ethertype
96are specified in a struct of type
97.Em "struct ng_etffilter" :
98.Bd -literal -offset 4n
99struct ng_etffilter {
100        char       matchhook[NG_HOOKLEN + 1]; /* hook name */
101        u_int16_t  ethertype;	              /* catch these */
102};
103.Ed
104.El
105.Sh EXAMPLES
106Using ngcontrol it is possible to set a filter in place from the command line
107as follows:
108.Bd -literal -offset 4n
109#!/bin/sh
110ETHER_IF=lnc0
111MATCH1=0x834
112MATCH2=0x835
113cat <<DONE >/tmp/xwert
114# Make a new ethertype filter and attach to the ethernet lower hook.
115# first remove left over bits from last time.
116shutdown  ${ETHER_IF}:lower
117mkpeer ${ETHER_IF}: etf lower downstream
118# Give it a name to easily refer to it.
119name ${ETHER_IF}:lower etf
120# Connect the nomatch hook to the upper part of the same interface.
121# All unmatched packets will act as if the filter is not present.
122connect ${ETHER_IF}: etf: upper nomatch
123DONE
124ngctl -f /tmp/xwert
125
126# something to set a hook to catch packets an dshow them.
127echo "Unrecognised packets:"
128nghook -a etf: newproto &
129# Filter two random ethertypes to that hook.
130ngctl 'msg etf: setfilter { matchhook="newproto" ethertype=${MATCH1} }
131ngctl 'msg etf: setfilter { matchhook="newproto" ethertype=${MATCH2} }
132DONE
133
134.Ed
135.Sh SHUTDOWN
136This node shuts down upon receipt of a
137.Em NGM_SHUTDOWN
138control message, or when all hooks have been disconnected.
139.Sh SEE ALSO
140.Xr netgraph 4 ,
141.Xr ng_ether 4 ,
142.Xr ngctl 8
143.Xr nghook 8
144.Sh HISTORY
145The
146.Nm
147node type was implemented in
148.Fx 5.0 .
149.Sh AUTHORS
150.An Julian Elischer Aq julian@FreeBSD.org
151