NAME

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

Version 0.03

SYNOPSIS

#!/usr/local/bin/perl -w
# uni-ifconfig.pl
# The unified ifconfig command.
# Works the same way on FreeBSD, OpenBSD, Solaris, Linux, 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, WinNT (from Win2K) systems.

Only inet (IPv4) and ether (MAC) addresses are supported at the moment

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 (Intel), RedHat 6.2,7.3,8.0 (Intel), Win2000 Pro (Intel), OpenBSD 3.1 (SPARC), Solaris 7 (SPARC).

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
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
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
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
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
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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