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Updated: Wednesday, July 27, 2022
 
 

pcap_set_rfmon (3pcap)

Name

pcap_set_rfmon - dle

Synopsis

#include <pcap/pcap.h>

int pcap_set_rfmon(pcap_t *p, int rfmon);

Description

PCAP_SET_RFMON(3pcap)                                    PCAP_SET_RFMON(3pcap)



NAME
       pcap_set_rfmon  - set monitor mode for a not-yet-activated capture han-
       dle

SYNOPSIS
       #include <pcap/pcap.h>

       int pcap_set_rfmon(pcap_t *p, int rfmon);

DESCRIPTION
       pcap_set_rfmon() sets whether monitor mode should be set on  a  capture
       handle  when  the  handle  is activated.  If rfmon is non-zero, monitor
       mode will be set, otherwise it will not be set.

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


ATTRIBUTES
       See attributes(7) for descriptions of the following attributes:


       +---------------+------------------------+
       |ATTRIBUTE TYPE |    ATTRIBUTE VALUE     |
       +---------------+------------------------+
       |Availability   | system/library/libpcap |
       +---------------+------------------------+
       |Stability      | Uncommitted            |
       +---------------+------------------------+

SEE ALSO
       pcap(3PCAP),          pcap_create(3PCAP),         pcap_activate(3PCAP),
       pcap_can_set_rfmon(3PCAP)



NOTES
       Source code for open source software components in Oracle  Solaris  can
       be found at https://www.oracle.com/downloads/opensource/solaris-source-
       code-downloads.html.

       This    software    was    built    from    source     available     at
       https://github.com/oracle/solaris-userland.    The  original  community
       source  was  downloaded   from    https://www.tcpdump.org/release/libp-
       cap-1.9.1.tar.gz.

       Further information about this software can be found on the open source
       community website at https://www.tcpdump.org/.



                                3 January 2014           PCAP_SET_RFMON(3pcap)