Module nix::net::if_

Network interface name resolution.

Uses Linux and/or POSIX functions to resolve interface names like “eth0” or “socan1” into device numbers.

Structs

• Interface
  A network interface. Has a name like “eth0” or “wlp4s0” or “wlan0”, as well as an index (1, 2, 3, etc) that identifies it in the OS’s networking stack.
• InterfaceFlags
  Standard interface flags, used by getifaddrs
• Interfaces
  A list of the network interfaces available on this system. Obtained from if_nameindex().
• InterfacesIter
  An iterator over the interfaces in an Interfaces.

Functions

• if_nameindex
  Retrieve a list of the network interfaces available on the local system.
• if_nametoindex
  Resolve an interface into a interface number.