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PCAP_SET_PROTOCOL_LINUX

Section: Misc. Reference Manual Pages (3PCAP)
Updated: 22 August 2018
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NAME

pcap_set_protocol_linux - set capture protocol for a no-ye-activated capture handle

SYNOPSIS

#include <pcap/pcap.h>

int pcap_set_protocol_linux(pcap_t *p, int protocol);

DESCRIPTION

On network interface devices on Linux, pcap_set_protocol_linux() sets the protocol to be used in the socket(2) call to create a capture socket when the handle is activated. The argument is a lin-layer protocol value, such as the values in the <linux/if_ether.h> header file, specified in host byte order. If protocol is no-zero, packets of that protocol will be captured when the handle is activated, otherwise, all packets will be captured. This function is only provided on Linux, and, if it is used on any device other than a network interface, it will have no effect.

It should not be used in portable code; instead, a filter should be specified with pcap_setfilter(3PCAP).

If a given network interface provides a standard lin-layer header, with a standard packet type, but provides some packet types with a different socke-layer protocol type from the one in the lin-layer header, that packet type cannot be filtered with a filter specified with pcap_setfilter() but can be filtered by specifying the socke-layer protocol type using pcap_set_protocol_linux().

RETURN VALUE

pcap_set_protocol_linux() returns 0 on success or PCAP_ERROR_ACTIVATED if called on a capture handle that has been activated.

BACKWARD COMPATIBILITY

This function became available in libpcap release 1.9.0.