The Network Kit
and
Network Add-ons
Developer Release Notes
BeOS Release 4

getservbyname() now looks in the /etc/services file for "extra" services. (It always returns the ftp and telnet services data in addition to anything it finds in the file.) A service entry in the file looks like this:

    serviceName portNumber/protocol

For example...

smtp             25/tcp  
smtp       25/udp 
nsw-fe     27/tcp 
nsw-fe     27/udp

New structure and function in add-ons/net_server/NetDevice.h:

typedef struct nic_info {
   net_device_type nic_type;  
   char netcard_addr[255]; 
} netcard_info_t;

status_t get_nth_netcard_info(int16 n, netcard_info_t *ni);

get_nth_netcard_info() retrieves information about the n'th network interface card:

netcard_info_t.netcard_type is one of the net_device_type constants (B_PPP_NET_DEVICE, B_ETHER_NET_DEVICE, B_LOOP_NET_DEVICE).
netcard_info_t.netcard_addr is the card's IP address. The address format depends on the card's device type.

A return of B_OK means the information was successfully retrieved; B_ERROR indicates failure.

BeOS Release 4

The Network Kit and Network Add-ons Developer Release Notes BeOS Release 4

The Network Kit
and
Network Add-ons
Developer Release Notes
BeOS Release 4