pcapinfo - Prints detailed information about the network devices
pcapinfo
None.
pcapinfo prints detailed information about the network devices and Pcap library available on the current host. Here is an example:
Host information ---------------- Hostname : fangorn.maddingue.net Aliases : fangorn.local fangorn Pcap version : libpcap version 0.8.3 Devices information ------------------- Device eth0 (default) Description : No description available Link type : Ethernet, no autonegotiation, 10baseT-HD, link ok Hardware address : 00:0c:6e:0a:c3:ca Network address : 10.0.1.51 Network mask : 255.255.255.0 Flags : up running broadcast multicast Device eth1 Description : No description available Link type : Ethernet, no autonegotiation, 10baseT-HD, link ok Hardware address : 00:26:54:0a:d8:4d Network address : 192.168.1.51 Network mask : 255.255.255.0 Flags : up running broadcast multicast
The device marked as "(default)" is the one returned when calling Net::Pcap::lookupdev()
"(default)"
Net::Pcap::lookupdev()
Some information like the link type can only be gathered with administrative privileges.
Sébastien Aperghis-Tramoni, <sebastien@aperghis.net>
Copyright (C) 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 Sébastien Aperghis-Tramoni. All rights reserved.
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.
To install Net::Pcap, copy and paste the appropriate command in to your terminal.
cpanm
cpanm Net::Pcap
CPAN shell
perl -MCPAN -e shell install Net::Pcap
For more information on module installation, please visit the detailed CPAN module installation guide.