PCAP_SET_PROTOCOL_LINUX(3PCAP) PCAP_SET_PROTOCOL_LINUX(3PCAP)

NAME

pcap_set_protocol_linux - set capture protocol for a not-yet-
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 link-layer
protocol value, such as the values in the <linux/if_ether.h> header
file, specified in host byte order. If protocol is non-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 link-layer header,
with a standard packet type, but provides some packet types with a
different socket-layer protocol type from the one in the link-layer
header, that packet type cannot be filtered with a filter specified
with pcap_setfilter() but can be filtered by specifying the socket-
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.

SEE ALSO

pcap(3PCAP), pcap_create(3PCAP), pcap_activate(3PCAP)

22 August 2018 PCAP_SET_PROTOCOL_LINUX(3PCAP)