Abstract: This application discloses a packet sending method, a network device, and a computer storage medium, and pertains to the field of communications technologies. The method includes: generating, by a network device, a first packet, where the first packet includes a field used to indicate a first protocol, the first packet further includes a field carrying data of the first protocol, and a protocol followed by the first packet is different from the first protocol; and sending, by the network device, the first packet to a peer network device. Because the protocol followed by the first packet is different from the first protocol, regardless of which protocol the first protocol is specifically, the data of the first protocol may be exchanged by using the first packet. In other words, this application provides a general protocol, to transmit the data of the first protocol. This improves packet sending flexibility.