I have an interface with multiple IP-addresses, where I need to pick the "primary" IP assigned to the interface.
As it is, I get both IP-addresses, but there is no way to tell which is which from the data returned.
Unfortunately, I don't know enough about these things to know where to start on a PR.
To show my use case more clearly:
In the below output, I need a way to differentiate between 192.168.68.125 (the one I want), and 192.168.68.91 (the secondary):
$ ip address show dev wlan0
3: wlan0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc pfifo_fast state UP group default qlen 1000
link/ether b8:27:eb:e2:f1:35 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
inet 192.168.68.125/24 brd 192.168.68.255 scope global dynamic wlan0
valid_lft 5035sec preferred_lft 5035sec
inet 192.168.68.91/24 brd 192.168.68.255 scope global secondary wlan0
valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
inet6 fe80::ba27:ebff:fee2:f135/64 scope link
valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
I have an interface with multiple IP-addresses, where I need to pick the "primary" IP assigned to the interface. As it is, I get both IP-addresses, but there is no way to tell which is which from the data returned.
Unfortunately, I don't know enough about these things to know where to start on a PR.
To show my use case more clearly:
In the below output, I need a way to differentiate between 192.168.68.125 (the one I want), and 192.168.68.91 (the secondary):
When using
if_addrs
, this is as far as I get: