wrapper(3pm)

NAME

Net::Ifconfig::Wrapper - provides a unified way to configure network
interfaces on FreeBSD, OpenBSD, Solaris, Linux, OS X, and WinNT (from
Win2K).

Version 0.09

SYNOPSIS

#!/usr/local/bin/perl -w
# uni-ifconfig.pl
# The unified ifconfig command.
# Works the same way on FreeBSD, OpenBSD, Solaris, Linux, OS X, WinNT (from Win2K).
# Note: due of Net::Ifconfig::Wrapper limitations 'inet' and 'down' commands
# are not working on WinNT. +/-alias are working, of course.
use strict;
use Net::Ifconfig::Wrapper;
my $Usage = << 'EndOfText';
uni-ifconfig.pl         # Print this notice
uni-ifconfig.pl -a      # Print info about all interfaces
uni-ifconfig.pl <iface> # Print info obout specified interface
uni-ifconfig.pl <iface> down
                        # Bring specified interface down
uni-ifconfig.pl <iface> inet <AAA.AAA.AAA.AAA> mask <MMM.MMM.MMM.MMM>
                        # Set the specified address on the specified interface
                        # and bring this interface up
uni-ifconfig.pl <iface> inet <AAA.AAA.AAA.AAA> mask <MMM.MMM.MMM.MMM> [+]alias
                        # Set the specified alias address
                        # on the specified interface
uni-ifconfig.pl <iface> inet <AAA.AAA.AAA.AAA> [mask <MMM.MMM.MMM.MMM>] -alias
                        # Remove specified alias address
                        # from the specified interface
EndOfText
my $Info = Net::Ifconfig::Wrapper::Ifconfig('list', '', '', '')
      or die $@;
scalar(keys(%{$Info}))
      or die "No one interface found. Something wrong?\n";
if (!scalar(@ARGV))
      {
      print $Usage;
      exit 0;
      }
if ($ARGV[0] eq '-a')
      {
      defined($ARGV[1])
              and die $Usage;
      foreach (sort(keys(%{$Info})))
              { print IfaceInfo($Info, $_); };
      exit 0;
      };
$Info->{$ARGV[0]}
      or die "Interface '$ARGV[0]' is unknown\n";
if    (!defined($ARGV[1]))
      {
      print IfaceInfo($Info, $ARGV[0]);
      exit 0;
      }
my $CmdLine = join(' ', @ARGV);
my $Result = undef;
if    ($CmdLine =~ m/\A\s*([\w\{\}\-]+)\s+down\s*\Z/i)
      {
      $Result = Net::Ifconfig::Wrapper::Ifconfig('down', $1, '', '');
      }
elsif ($CmdLine =~ m/\A\s*([\w\{\}\-]+)\s+inet\s+(\d{1,3}(?:\.\d{1,3}){3})\s+mask\s+(\d{1,3}(?:\.\d{1,3}){3})\s*\Z/i)
      {
      $Result = Net::Ifconfig::Wrapper::Ifconfig('inet', $1, $2, $3);
      }
elsif ($CmdLine =~ m/\A\s*([\w\{\}\-]+)\s+inet\s+(\d{1,3}(?:\.\d{1,3}){3})\s+mask\s+(\d{1,3}(?:\.\d{1,3}){3})\s+\+?alias\s*\Z/i)
      {
      $Result = Net::Ifconfig::Wrapper::Ifconfig('+alias', $1, $2, $3);
      }
elsif ($CmdLine =~ m/\A\s*([\w\{\}\-]+)\s+inet\s+(\d{1,3}(?:\.\d{1,3}){3})\s+(:?mask\s+(\d{1,3}(?:\.\d{1,3}){3})\s+)?\-alias\s*\Z/i)
      {
      $Result = Net::Ifconfig::Wrapper::Ifconfig('-alias', $1, $2, '');
      }
else
      { die $Usage; };
$Result
      or die $@;
exit 0;
sub IfaceInfo
      {
      my ($Info, $Iface) = @_;
      my $Res = "$Iface:\t".($Info->{$Iface}{'status'} ? 'UP' : 'DOWN')."\n";
      while (my ($Addr, $Mask) = each(%{$Info->{$Iface}{'inet'}}))
              { $Res .= sprintf("\tinet %-15s mask $Mask\n", $Addr); };
      $Info->{$Iface}{'ether'}
              and $Res .= "\tether ".$Info->{$Iface}{'ether'}."\n";
      $Info->{$Iface}{'descr'}
              and $Res .= "\tdescr '".$Info->{$Iface}{'descr'}."'\n";
      return $Res;
      };

DESCRIPTION

This module provides a unified way to configure the network interfaces on FreeBSD, OpenBSD, Solaris, Linux, OS X, and WinNT (from Win2K) systems.

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On Unixes this module calls the system "ifconfig" command to perform
the actions. On Windows the functions from IpHlpAPI.DLL are called.

For all supported Unixes "Net::Ifconfig::Wrapper" expect "ifconfig"
command to be "/sbin/ifconfig".

Module was tested on FreeBSD 4.7,4.8,5.3 (Intel), RedHat 6.2,7.3,8.0
(Intel), Win2000 Pro (Intel), OpenBSD 3.1 (SPARC), Solaris 7 (SPARC),
OS X 10.3 (aka Panther), OS X 10.4 (aka Tiger).

In MSWin32 family only WinNT is supported. In WinNT family only Win2K or later is supported.

The Net::Ifconfig::Wrapper methods

"Ifconfig(Command, Interface, Address, Netmask);": The first and the last method of the "Net::Ifconfig::Wrapper" module. Do all the job. The particular action is described by the
$Command parameter.; $Command could be:; 'list' "Ifconfig('list', '', '', '')" will return the reference to
the hash contains the information about interfaces.

The structure of this hash is the following:

{IfaceName => {'status' => 0|1 # The status of the interface. 0 means down, 1 means up
'ether' => MACaddr, # The ethernet address of the interface if available 'descr' => Description, # The description of the interface if available 'inet' => {IPaddr1 => NetMask, # The IP address and his netmask, both are in AAA.BBB.CCC.DDD notation
IPaddr2 => NetMask,
...

},

...
};

Interface, Address, Netmask parameters are ignored.

The following programs are called:

FreeBSD "/sbin/ifconfig -a"

Solaris "/sbin/ifconfig -a"

OpenBSD "/sbin/ifconfig -A"

Linux "/sbin/ifconfig -a"

OS X "/sbin/ifconfig -a"

MSWin32 "GetAdaptersInfo" function from "IpHlpAPI.DLL"

Limitations:

OpenBSD: "/sbin/ifconfig -A" command is not returning
information about MAC addresses so we are trying to get it from '/usr/sbin/arp -a' command (first 'static' entry). If no one present the 'ff:ff:ff:ff:ff' address is returned.

MSWin32: "GetAdaptersInfo" function is not returning information about interface which have address 127.0.0.1 binded so "Net::Ifconfig::Wrapper" have no ability to display it.

Not limitation but little problem: MSWin32 interface names are not human-readable, they looks like
"{843C2077-30EC-4C56-A401-658BB1E42BC7}" (on Win2K at
least).
'inet' This function is used to set IPv4 address on interface. It: have to be called as

Ifconfig('inet', $IfaceName, $Addr, $Mask);; $IfaceName is an interface name as displayed by 'list' command; $Addr is an IPv4 address in the "AAA.AAA.AAA.AAA" notation; $Mask is an IPv4 subnet mask in the "MMM.MMM.MMM.MMM" notation; The following actual "ifconfig" programs are called; FreeBSD "/sbin/ifconfig %Iface% inet %Addr% netmask
%Mask% up"
Solaris "/sbin/ifconfig %Iface% inet %Addr% netmask: %Mask% up"
OpenBSD "/sbin/ifconfig %Iface% inet %Addr% netmask: %Mask% up"
Linux "/sbin/ifconfig %Iface% inet %Addr% netmask: %Mask% up"
OS X "/sbin/ifconfig %Iface% inet %Addr% netmask: %Mask% up"
MSWin32: nothing :(
Limitations:
MSWin32: I did not find the relaible way to recognize the "main" address on the Win32 network interface, so I have disabled this functionality. If you know the way please let me know.
'up' Just a synonym for 'inet'
'down' This function is used to bring specified interface down. It: have to be called as

Ifconfig('inet', $IfaceName, '', '');; $IfaceName is an interface name as displayed by 'list' command; Address and Netmask are ignored.; The following actual "ifconfig" programs are called; FreeBSD "/sbin/ifconfig %Iface% down"; Solaris "/sbin/ifconfig %Iface% down"; OpenBSD "/sbin/ifconfig %Iface% down"; Linux "/sbin/ifconfig %Iface% down"; OS X "/sbin/ifconfig %Iface% down"; MSWin32 nothing :(; Limitations:; MSWin32: I did not find the way to implement the 'up' command so I did not implement 'down'.
'+alias': This function is used to set IPv4 alias address on interface. It have to be called as

Ifconfig('+alias', $IfaceName, $Addr, $Mask);; $IfaceName is an interface name as displayed by 'list' command; $Addr is an IPv4 address in the "AAA.AAA.AAA.AAA" notation; $Mask is an IPv4 subnet mask in the "MMM.MMM.MMM.MMM" notation; The following actual "ifconfig" programs are called; FreeBSD "/sbin/ifconfig %Iface% inet %Addr%
netmask %Mask% alias"
Solaris "/sbin/ifconfig %Iface%:%Logic% inet %Addr%: netmask %Mask% up"
OpenBSD "/sbin/ifconfig %Iface% inet %Addr%: netmask %Mask% alias"
Linux "/sbin/ifconfig %Iface%:%Logic% inet %Addr%: netmask %Mask% up"
OS X "/sbin/ifconfig %Iface% inet %Addr%: netmask %Mask% alias"
MSWin32 "AddIPAddress" function from "IpHlpAPI.DLL"
First available logic interface is taken automaticaly for Solaris and Linux
'alias' Just a synonim for '+alias'
'-alias': This function is used to remove IPv4 alias address from
interface. It have to be called as

Ifconfig('-alias', $IfaceName, $Addr, '');; $IfaceName is an interface name as displayed by 'list' command; $Addr is an IPv4 address in the "AAA.AAA.AAA.AAA" notation; Netmask> parameter is ignored; The following actual "ifconfig" programs are called; FreeBSD "/sbin/ifconfig %Iface% inet %Addr% -alias"; Solaris "/sbin/ifconfig %Iface%:%Logic% down"; OpenBSD "/sbin/ifconfig %Iface% inet %Addr% -alias"; Linux "/sbin/ifconfig %Iface%:%Logic% down"; OS X "/sbin/ifconfig %Iface% inet %Addr% -alias"; MSWin32 "DeleteIPAddress" function from "IpHlpAPI.DLL"; Appropriate logic interface is obtained automaticaly for Solaris and Linux
On success "Ifconfig(...)" returns the defined value. Actually, it is a reference to the array contains the output of the actual "ifconfig" program called.
In case of troubles "Ifconfig(...)" returns 'undef' value, $@ variable contains the error message.
EXPORT
None by default.

AUTHOR

Daniel Podolsky, <tpaba@cpan.org>

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