Network Layer

From: hxn (therenton)
Date: 03/26/04 

Date: Sat, 27 Mar 2004 01:11:27 +0200

hi,
i have some misunderstaind problems in my mind .
When we create a sock raw sniffer , we catch the packets that are on network
layer . am i wrong ?
secondly , i have used a sniffer (ethersniff) to watch whats going on . It
suprised me , it catches packets on second level (data link layer) ? how can
i write code like this ?

thanks for your help ?

currently : i am trying to develop a sniffer

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