---
name: "Network::Interface"
section: "3pm"
platform: "linux"
package: "systemconfigurator"
version: "1.20-1"
release: "Debian 3.0 (Woody)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/Network::Interface"
---

# Network::Interface(3pm)

a network interface abstraction

## NAME

Network::Interface - a network interface abstraction

## SYNOPSIS

```
  my $interface = new Network::Interface(
                                         DEVICE => 'eth0',
                                         IPADDR => '192.168.42.101',
                                         TYPE => 'static',
                                        );
```

```
  my $netmask = $interface->netmask;
  my $ip = $interface->ip;
  my $network = $interface->network;
```

## DESCRIPTION

## METHODS

The following accessors exist in this module:

- ip

  returns ip address

- ipaddr

  returns ip address

- netmask

  returns subnet mask

- network

  returns base network address

- broadcast

  returns broadcast address

- device

  returns device name

- type

  returns interface type (dhcp⎪static⎪bootp)

## AUTHOR

```
  Sean Dague
  japh@us.ibm.com
```

## SEE ALSO

Most of the hard work of this module is done by the Net::Netmask module written by David Muir Sharnoff.  The rest is just a mild abstraction layer on top of that.

Network, Net::Netmask, perl