Net::Interface is designed to make the use of ifconfig(1) and friends unnecessary from within Perl. It provides methods to get at set all the attributes of an interface, and even create new logical or physical interfaces (if your O/S supports it). It is currently tested on Solaris and Linux (with the libc6 library). Reports of success or failure on other platforms greatly appreciated. AVAILABILITY The latest version of libnet is available from the Comprehensive Perl Archive Network (CPAN). To find a CPAN site near you see: http://www.perl.com/CPAN ^ no slash here !! INSTALLATION In order to use this package you will need Perl version 5.002 or better. You install libnet, as you would install any perl module library, by running these commands: perl Makefile.PL make make test make install If you want to install a private copy of libnet in your home directory, then you should try to produce the initial Makefile with something like this command: perl Makefile.PL PREFIX=~/perl The Makefile.PL program will start out by checking your perl installation for a few packages that are recommended to be installed together with libnet. These packages should be available on CPAN (described above). DOCUMENTATION See ChangeLog for recent changes. POD style documentation is included in all modules and scripts. These are normally converted to manual pages and installed as part of the "make install" process. You should also be able to use the 'perldoc' utility to extract documentation from the module files directly. COPYRIGHT © 1998, Stephen Zander. All rights reserved. Parts of the text of this README copyright © 1996,1997 Graham Barr. All rights reserved. This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself. Share and Enjoy!