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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.
- Interface
Flags - Standard interface flags, used by
getifaddrs - Interfaces
- A list of the network interfaces available on this system. Obtained from
if_nameindex(). - Interfaces
Iter - 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.