Update to change the type to SOCK_DGRAM to avoid the need for adding the Layer 2 header.

Signed-off-by: Paul Mani <[email protected]>

Author: pmani84

demos/copilot/src/python/switchRawSocket.py

@@ -14,18 +14,16 @@
 
 Interface =  'lo'
 
-DestMac = b'\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00'
-SrcMac = b'\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00'
 
 switchLogger = logger.Logger().GetLogger()
 
 def SendRawPacket(message):
     """Sends a Raw packet to the Light Server."""
 
     eth_type = 0x88B5
-    sock = socket.socket(socket.AF_PACKET, socket.SOCK_RAW, socket.htons(eth_type))
+    sock = socket.socket(socket.AF_PACKET, socket.SOCK_DGRAM, socket.htons(eth_type))
     sock.bind((Interface, 0))
-    ethernet_frame = DestMac + SrcMac + struct.pack('!H', eth_type) + message
+    ethernet_frame =  message
     sock.send(ethernet_frame)
 
     sock.close()