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Alan Cox wrote:
>>The data sent/received on the network is precious. You will not have
>>any 'extra' data on its end except for possibly a single byte if the

You will have padding if the ethernet packet is less than 60 bytes and
if necessary it will be more than a single byte. I am not sure what is
the value of the paddin bythes though.  May be zero..


		Petko

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