1.\" Copyright (c) 1996-1999 Whistle Communications, Inc. 2.\" All rights reserved. 3.\" 4.\" Subject to the following obligations and disclaimer of warranty, use and 5.\" redistribution of this software, in source or object code forms, with or 6.\" without modifications are expressly permitted by Whistle Communications; 7.\" provided, however, that: 8.\" 1. Any and all reproductions of the source or object code must include the 9.\" copyright notice above and the following disclaimer of warranties; and 10.\" 2. No rights are granted, in any manner or form, to use Whistle 11.\" Communications, Inc. trademarks, including the mark "WHISTLE 12.\" COMMUNICATIONS" on advertising, endorsements, or otherwise except as 13.\" such appears in the above copyright notice or in the software. 14.\" 15.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS BEING PROVIDED BY WHISTLE COMMUNICATIONS "AS IS", AND 16.\" TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, WHISTLE COMMUNICATIONS MAKES NO 17.\" REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, REGARDING THIS SOFTWARE, 18.\" INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION, ANY AND ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF 19.\" MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, OR NON-INFRINGEMENT. 20.\" WHISTLE COMMUNICATIONS DOES NOT WARRANT, GUARANTEE, OR MAKE ANY 21.\" REPRESENTATIONS REGARDING THE USE OF, OR THE RESULTS OF THE USE OF THIS 22.\" SOFTWARE IN TERMS OF ITS CORRECTNESS, ACCURACY, RELIABILITY OR OTHERWISE. 23.\" IN NO EVENT SHALL WHISTLE COMMUNICATIONS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES 24.\" RESULTING FROM OR ARISING OUT OF ANY USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, INCLUDING 25.\" WITHOUT LIMITATION, ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, 26.\" PUNITIVE, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR 27.\" SERVICES, LOSS OF USE, DATA OR PROFITS, HOWEVER CAUSED AND UNDER ANY 28.\" THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT 29.\" (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF 30.\" THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF WHISTLE COMMUNICATIONS IS ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY 31.\" OF SUCH DAMAGE. 32.\" 33.\" Author: Archie Cobbs <archie@FreeBSD.org> 34.\" $Whistle: ng_echo.8,v 1.4 1999/01/25 23:46:26 archie Exp $ 35.\" 36.Dd December 24, 2008 37.Dt NG_ETHER_ECHO 4 38.Os 39.Sh NAME 40.Nm ng_ether_echo 41.Nd netgraph ether_echo node type 42.Sh SYNOPSIS 43.In netgraph/ng_ether_echo.h 44.Sh DESCRIPTION 45The 46.Nm ether_echo 47node type reflects all data and control messages back to the sender. 48It assumes (and does not check) that the packet is an ethernet frame, 49and swaps the source and destination addresses before echoing it. 50This node type is used for testing and debugging. 51.Sh HOOKS 52A 53.Nm ether_echo 54node accepts any request to connect, regardless of the hook name, 55as long as the name is unique. 56.Sh CONTROL MESSAGES 57This node type supports only the generic control messages. 58Any other control messages are reflected back to the sender. 59.Sh SHUTDOWN 60This node shuts down upon receipt of a 61.Dv NGM_SHUTDOWN 62control message, or when all hooks have been disconnected. 63.Sh SEE ALSO 64.Xr netgraph 4 , 65.Xr ng_echo 4 , 66.Xr ng_ether 4 , 67.Xr ng_hole 4 , 68.Xr ngctl 8 69.Sh HISTORY 70The 71.Nm 72node type was implemented in 73.Fx 8.0 . 74.Sh AUTHORS 75.An Julian Elischer Aq Mt julian@FreeBSD.org 76