Network interfaces discovery

Network interfaces discovery — Utility functions to discover local network interfaces

Synopsis

#include <gst/farsight/fs-interfaces.h>

gchar *             fs_interfaces_get_ip_for_interface  (gchar *interface_name);
GList *             fs_interfaces_get_local_interfaces  (void);
GList *             fs_interfaces_get_local_ips         (gboolean include_loopback);

Description

These utility functions allow the discovery of local network interfaces in a portable manner, they also allow finding the local ip addresses or the address allocated to a network interface.

Details

fs_interfaces_get_ip_for_interface ()

gchar *             fs_interfaces_get_ip_for_interface  (gchar *interface_name);

Retreives the IPv4 address of an interface by its name

`interface_name` :	name of local interface
Returns :	a newly-allocated string with the IP address

fs_interfaces_get_local_interfaces ()

GList *             fs_interfaces_get_local_interfaces  (void);

Get the list of local interfaces

Returns :

a newly-allocated GList of strings. The caller must free it.

fs_interfaces_get_local_ips ()

GList *             fs_interfaces_get_local_ips         (gboolean include_loopback);

Get a list of local ipv4 interface addresses

`include_loopback` :	Include any loopback devices
Returns :	a newly-allocated GList of strings. The caller must free it.

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