Provided by: libnet-pcap-perl_0.17-1build1_amd64
NAME
pcapinfo - Prints detailed information about the network devices
SYNOPSIS
pcapinfo
OPTIONS
None.
DESCRIPTION
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()" Some information like the link type can only be gathered with administrative privileges.
AUTHOR
Sebastien Aperghis-Tramoni, <sebastien@aperghis.net>
COPYRIGHT
Copyright (C) 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 Sebastien 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.