2 * Definitions for routines to get information about capture interfaces
6 * Wireshark - Network traffic analyzer
7 * By Gerald Combs <gerald@wireshark.org>
8 * Copyright 1998 Gerald Combs
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25 #ifndef __CAPTURE_IFINFO_H__
26 #define __CAPTURE_IFINFO_H__
30 #endif /* __cplusplus */
33 * The list of interfaces returned by "get_interface_list()" is
34 * a list of these structures.
37 char *name; /* e.g. "eth0" */
38 char *friendly_name; /* from OS, e.g. "Local Area Connection", or
39 NULL if not available */
40 char *vendor_description;
41 /* vendor description from pcap_findalldevs(),
42 e.g. "Realtek PCIe GBE Family Controller",
43 or NULL if not available */
44 GSList *addrs; /* containing address values of if_addr_t */
45 gboolean loopback; /* TRUE if loopback, FALSE otherwise */
49 * An address in the "addrs" list.
57 if_address_type ifat_type;
59 guint32 ip4_addr; /* 4 byte IP V4 address, or */
60 guint8 ip6_addr[16];/* 16 byte IP V6 address */
65 * Fetch the interface list from a child process.
67 extern GList *capture_interface_list(int *err, char **err_str);
69 /* Error values from "get_interface_list()/capture_interface_list()". */
70 #define CANT_GET_INTERFACE_LIST 1 /* error getting list */
71 #define NO_INTERFACES_FOUND 2 /* list is empty */
72 #define DONT_HAVE_PCAP 3 /* couldn't load WinPcap */
74 void free_interface_list(GList *if_list);
77 * "get_if_capabilities()" and "capture_if_capabilities()" return a pointer
78 * to an allocated instance of this structure. "free_if_capabilities()"
79 * frees the returned instance.
82 gboolean can_set_rfmon; /* TRUE if can be put into monitor mode */
83 GList *data_link_types; /* GList of data_link_info_t's */
87 * Information about data link types.
90 int dlt; /* e.g. DLT_EN10MB (which is 1) */
91 char *name; /* e.g. "EN10MB" or "DLT 1" */
92 char *description; /* descriptive name from wiretap e.g. "Ethernet", NULL if unknown */
96 * Fetch the linktype list for the specified interface from a child process.
98 extern if_capabilities_t *
99 capture_get_if_capabilities(const char *devname, gboolean monitor_mode,
102 void free_if_capabilities(if_capabilities_t *caps);
104 void add_interface_to_remote_list(if_info_t *if_info);
107 * Get the type of an interface, given its name and description.
110 get_interface_type(gchar *name, gchar *description);
114 #endif /* __cplusplus */
116 #endif /* __CAPTURE_IFINFO_H__ */