[haiku-development] Re: BNetworkInterface weirdness
- From: Stefano Ceccherini <stefano.ceccherini@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: "haiku-development@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <haiku-development@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 7 Apr 2013 16:03:19 +0200
2013/4/7 Axel Dörfler <axeld@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> On 04/07/2013 02:52 PM, Stefano Ceccherini wrote:
>
>> Replying to myself: there seems no way to get the default gateway of a
>> given BNetworkInterface (but one can add or remove routes at will). Do
>> anyone mind if I add a DefaultRoute() method to the class ?
>>
>
> There actually can be any number of default routes.
> What's obviously missing in BNetworkInterface is a way to enumerate the
> existing routes, though, which you can then use to find the default
> route(s).
>
> You're right, and I actually used the wrong term. What I need is the
default gateway, and there can be only one of that.
I'd add a status_t GetDefaultGateway(BNetworkInterfaceAddress&) to the
class to obtain that.
>
> Is it correct that BNetworkInterfaceAddress::**Broadcast() and
>> ::Destination() both return the broadcast address ?
>>
>
> It's the destination address for P2P networks - since you can have either
> or but not both, the same storage location is used.
>
>
Ah, okay. Thanks!
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