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+<h1>Class <code>luci.ip</code></h1>
+
+<p>
+ LuCI IP calculation and netlink access library.</p>
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+<h2>Functions</h2>
+<table class="function_list">
+
+ <tr>
+ <td class="name" nowrap><a href="#new">new</a>&nbsp;(address, netmask)</td>
+ <td class="summary">
+
+Construct a new luci.ip.cidr instance and autodetect the address family.</td>
+ </tr>
+
+ <tr>
+ <td class="name" nowrap><a href="#IPv4">IPv4</a>&nbsp;(address, netmask)</td>
+ <td class="summary">
+
+Construct a new IPv4 luci.ip.cidr instance.</td>
+ </tr>
+
+ <tr>
+ <td class="name" nowrap><a href="#IPv6">IPv6</a>&nbsp;(address, netmask)</td>
+ <td class="summary">
+
+Construct a new IPv6 luci.ip.cidr instance.</td>
+ </tr>
+
+ <tr>
+ <td class="name" nowrap><a href="#route">route</a>&nbsp;(address)</td>
+ <td class="summary">
+
+Determine the route leading to the given destination.</td>
+ </tr>
+
+ <tr>
+ <td class="name" nowrap><a href="#routes">routes</a>&nbsp;(filter, callback)</td>
+ <td class="summary">
+
+Fetch all routes, optionally matching the given criteria.</td>
+ </tr>
+
+ <tr>
+ <td class="name" nowrap><a href="#neighbors">neighbors</a>&nbsp;(filter, callback)</td>
+ <td class="summary">
+
+Fetches entries from the IPv4 ARP and IPv6 neighbour kernel table </td>
+ </tr>
+
+ <tr>
+ <td class="name" nowrap><a href="#link">link</a>&nbsp;(device)</td>
+ <td class="summary">
+
+Fetch basic device information </td>
+ </tr>
+
+</table>
+
+
+
+
+
+
+<br/>
+<br/>
+
+
+<h2><a name="functions"></a>Functions</h2>
+<dl class="function">
+
+
+
+<dt><a name="new"></a><strong>new</strong>&nbsp;(address, netmask)</dt>
+<dd>
+
+
+Construct a new luci.ip.cidr instance and autodetect the address family.
+Throws an error if the given strings do not represent a valid address or
+if the given optional netmask is of a different family.
+
+
+<h3>Parameters</h3>
+<ul>
+
+ <li>
+ address: String containing a valid IPv4 or IPv6 address, optionally
+with prefix size (CIDR notation) or netmask separated by slash.
+ </li>
+
+ <li>
+ netmask: String containing a valid IPv4 or IPv6 netmask or number
+containing a prefix size in bits (<code>0..32</code> for IPv4,
+<code>0..128</code> for IPv6). Overrides mask embedded in the first argument
+if specified. (optional)
+ </li>
+
+</ul>
+
+
+
+
+<h3>Usage:</h3>
+<pre>addr = luci.ip.new("10.24.0.1/24")
+addr = luci.ip.new("10.24.0.1/255.255.255.0")
+addr = luci.ip.new("10.24.0.1", "255.255.255.0") -- separate netmask
+addr = luci.ip.new("10.24.0.1/24", 16) -- override netmask
+
+addr6 = luci.ip.new("fe80::221:63ff:fe75:aa17/64")
+addr6 = luci.ip.new("fe80::221:63ff:fe75:aa17/ffff:ffff:ffff:ffff::")
+addr6 = luci.ip.new("fe80::221:63ff:fe75:aa17", "ffff:ffff:ffff:ffff::")
+addr6 = luci.ip.new("fe80::221:63ff:fe75:aa17/64", 128) -- override netmask</pre>
+
+
+
+<h3>Return value:</h3>
+A <code>luci.ip.cidr</code> object representing the given
+address/mask range.
+
+
+
+<h3>See also:</h3>
+<ul>
+
+ <li><a href="#IPv4">
+ IPv4
+ </a>
+
+ <li><a href="#IPv6">
+ IPv6
+ </a>
+
+</ul>
+
+</dd>
+
+
+
+
+<dt><a name="IPv4"></a><strong>IPv4</strong>&nbsp;(address, netmask)</dt>
+<dd>
+
+
+Construct a new IPv4 luci.ip.cidr instance.
+Throws an error if the given string does not represent a valid IPv4 address or
+if the given optional netmask is of a different family.
+
+
+<h3>Parameters</h3>
+<ul>
+
+ <li>
+ address: String containing a valid IPv4, optionally with prefix size
+(CIDR notation) or netmask separated by slash.
+ </li>
+
+ <li>
+ netmask: String containing a valid IPv4 netmask or number
+containing a prefix size between <code>0</code> and <code>32</code> bit.
+Overrides mask embedded in the first argument if specified. (optional)
+ </li>
+
+</ul>
+
+
+
+
+<h3>Usage:</h3>
+<pre>addr = luci.ip.IPv4("10.24.0.1/24")
+addr = luci.ip.IPv4("10.24.0.1/255.255.255.0")
+addr = luci.ip.IPv4("10.24.0.1", "255.255.255.0") -- separate netmask
+addr = luci.ip.IPv4("10.24.0.1/24", 16) -- override netmask</pre>
+
+
+
+<h3>Return value:</h3>
+A <code>luci.ip.cidr</code> object representing the given IPv4 range.
+
+
+
+<h3>See also:</h3>
+<ul>
+
+ <li><a href="#IPv6">
+ IPv6
+ </a>
+
+</ul>
+
+</dd>
+
+
+
+
+<dt><a name="IPv6"></a><strong>IPv6</strong>&nbsp;(address, netmask)</dt>
+<dd>
+
+
+Construct a new IPv6 luci.ip.cidr instance.
+Throws an error if the given string does not represent a valid IPv6 address or
+if the given optional netmask is of a different family.
+
+
+<h3>Parameters</h3>
+<ul>
+
+ <li>
+ address: String containing a valid IPv6, optionally with prefix size
+(CIDR notation) or netmask separated by slash.
+ </li>
+
+ <li>
+ netmask: String containing a valid IPv4 netmask or number
+containing a prefix size between <code>0</code> and <code>128</code> bit.
+Overrides mask embedded in the first argument if specified. (optional)
+ </li>
+
+</ul>
+
+
+
+
+<h3>Usage:</h3>
+<pre>addr6 = luci.ip.IPv6("fe80::221:63ff:fe75:aa17/64")
+addr6 = luci.ip.IPv6("fe80::221:63ff:fe75:aa17/ffff:ffff:ffff:ffff::")
+addr6 = luci.ip.IPv6("fe80::221:63ff:fe75:aa17", "ffff:ffff:ffff:ffff::")
+addr6 = luci.ip.IPv6("fe80::221:63ff:fe75:aa17/64", 128) -- override netmask</pre>
+
+
+
+<h3>Return value:</h3>
+A <code>luci.ip.cidr</code> object representing the given IPv6 range.
+
+
+
+<h3>See also:</h3>
+<ul>
+
+ <li><a href="#IPv4">
+ IPv4
+ </a>
+
+</ul>
+
+</dd>
+
+
+
+
+<dt><a name="route"></a><strong>route</strong>&nbsp;(address)</dt>
+<dd>
+
+
+Determine the route leading to the given destination.
+
+
+<h3>Parameters</h3>
+<ul>
+
+ <li>
+ address: A <code>luci.ip.cidr</code> instance or a string containing
+a valid IPv4 or IPv6 range as specified by <code>luci.ip.new()</code>.
+ </li>
+
+</ul>
+
+
+
+
+<h3>Usage:</h3>
+<ul>
+<li>Find default gateway by getting route to Google's public NS server
+<pre>rt = luci.ip.route("8.8.8.8")
+if rt ~= nil then
+ print("gateway is", rt.gw)
+end</pre></li>
+<li>Determine IPv6 upstream interface <pre>rt = luci.ip.route("2001::/7")
+if rt ~= nil then
+ print("ipv6 upstream device is", rt.dev)
+end</pre></li>
+</ul>
+
+
+
+<h3>Return value:</h3>
+<p>Table containing the fields described below.</p>
+<table id="routetable">
+<tr><th>Field</th><th>Description</th></tr>
+<tr><td><code>type</code><td>
+ <p>Route type with one of the following numeric values:</p>
+ <table>
+ <tr>
+ <td><code>1</code></td>
+ <td><code>RTN_UNICAST</code> - Gateway or direct route</td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td><code>2</code></td>
+ <td><code>RTN_LOCAL</code> - Accept locally</td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td><code>3</code></td>
+ <td><code>RTN_BROADCAST</code> -
+ Accept locally as broadcast send as broadcast</td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td><code>4</code></td>
+ <td><code>RTN_ANYCAST</code> -
+ Accept locally as broadcast but send as unicast</td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td><code>5</code></td>
+ <td><code>RTN_MULTICAST</code> - Multicast route</td>
+ </tr>
+ </table>
+</td></tr>
+<tr>
+ <td><code>family</code></td>
+ <td>Number containing the route family, <code>4</code> for IPv4 or
+ <code>6</code> for IPv6</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+ <td><code>dest</code></td>
+ <td>Destination <code>luci.ip.cidr</code> instance</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+ <td><code>gw</code></td>
+ <td>Gateway <code>luci.ip.cidr</code> instance (optional)</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+ <td><code>from</code></td>
+ <td>Source address <code>luci.ip.cidr</code> instance (optional)</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+ <td><code>src</code></td>
+ <td>Preferred source <code>luci.ip.cidr</code> instance (optional)</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+ <td><code>dev</code></td>
+ <td>String containing the name of the outgoing interface</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+ <td><code>iif</code></td>
+ <td>String containing the name of the incoming interface (optional)</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+ <td><code>table</code></td>
+ <td>Number of the associated routing table (<code>0..65535</code>)</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+ <td><code>proto</code></td>
+ <td>Number of the associated routing protocol</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+ <td><code>scope</code></td>
+ <td>Number describing the scope of the route, most commonly
+ <code>0</code> for global or <code>253</code> for on-link</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+ <td><code>metric</code></td>
+ <td>Number describing the route metric (optional)</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+ <td><code>expires</code></td>
+ <td>Number of seconds the prefix is valid (IPv6 only, optional)</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+ <td><code>error</code></td>
+ <td>Route destination error code (optional)</td>
+</tr>
+</table>
+
+
+
+<h3>See also:</h3>
+<ul>
+
+ <li><a href="#routes">
+ routes
+ </a>
+
+</ul>
+
+</dd>
+
+
+
+
+<dt><a name="routes"></a><strong>routes</strong>&nbsp;(filter, callback)</dt>
+<dd>
+
+
+Fetch all routes, optionally matching the given criteria.
+
+
+<h3>Parameters</h3>
+<ul>
+
+ <li>
+ filter: <p>Table containing one or more of the possible filter
+critera described below (optional)</p><table>
+<tr><th>Field</th><th>Description</th></tr>
+<tr><td><code>family</code></td><td>
+ Number describing the address family to return - <code>4</code> selects
+ IPv4 routes, <code>6</code> IPv6 ones. Any other value selects both.
+</td></tr>
+<tr><td><code>iif</code></td><td>
+ String containing the incoming route interface to match.
+</td></tr>
+<tr><td><code>oif</code></td><td>
+ String containing the outgoing route interface to match.
+</td></tr>
+<tr><td><code>type</code></td><td>
+ Numeric type to match, e.g. <code>1</code> for unicast.
+</td></tr>
+<tr><td><code>scope</code></td><td>
+ Numeric scope to match, e.g. <code>253</code> for onlink.
+</td></tr>
+<tr><td><code>proto</code></td><td>
+ Numeric protocol to match, e.g. <code>2</code> for boot.
+</td></tr>
+<tr><td><code>table</code></td><td>
+ Numeric routing table to match (<code>0..65535</code>).
+</td></tr>
+<tr><td><code>gw</code></td><td>
+ String containing the gateway address to match. Can be in any notation
+ specified by <code>luci.ip.new()</code>. Prefix matching is performed when
+ comparing the routes, e.g. "192.168.1.0/24" would select routes with gateway
+ addresses <code>192.168.1.1 .. 192.168.1.255</code>.
+</td></tr>
+<tr><td><code>dest</code></td><td>
+ String containing the destination to match. Prefix matching is performed.
+</td></tr>
+<tr><td><code>from</code></td><td>
+ String containing the source address to match. Prefix matching is performed.
+</td></tr>
+<tr><td><code>src</code></td><td>
+ String containing the preferred source address to match.
+ Prefix matching is performed.
+</td></tr>
+<tr><td><code>dest_exact</code></td><td>
+ String containing the destination to match. Exact matching is performed,
+ e.g. <code>dest = "0.0.0.0/0"</code> would match <em>any</em> IPv4 route
+ while <code>dest_exact = "0.0.0.0/0"</code> will <em>only</em> match the
+ default route.
+</td></tr>
+<tr><td><code>from_exact</code></td><td>
+ String containing the source address to match. Exact matching is performed.
+</td></tr>
+</table>
+ </li>
+
+ <li>
+ callback: <p>Callback function to invoke for each found route
+instead of returning one table of route objects (optional)</p>
+ </li>
+
+</ul>
+
+
+
+
+<h3>Usage:</h3>
+<ul>
+<li>Find all IPv4 default routes:
+<pre>luci.ip.routes({ dest_exact = "0.0.0.0/0" }, function(rt)
+ print(rt.type, rt.gw, rt.dev)
+end)</pre></li>
+<li>Find all global IPv6 prefixes on the current system:
+<pre>luci.ip.routes({ from = "2001::/7" }, function(rt)
+ print(rt.from)
+end)</pre></li>
+<li>Fetch all IPv4 routes:
+<pre>routes = luci.ip.routes({ family = 4 })
+for _, rt in ipairs(routes) do
+ print(rt.dest, rt.gw, rt.dev)
+end</pre></li>
+</ul>
+
+
+
+<h3>Return value:</h3>
+If no callback function is provided, a table of routes
+<a href="#routetable">as specified by <code>luci.ip.route()</code></a>
+is returned. If a callback function is given, it is invoked for each route
+and nothing is returned.
+
+
+
+<h3>See also:</h3>
+<ul>
+
+ <li><a href="#route">
+ route
+ </a>
+
+</ul>
+
+</dd>
+
+
+
+
+<dt><a name="neighbors"></a><strong>neighbors</strong>&nbsp;(filter, callback)</dt>
+<dd>
+
+
+Fetches entries from the IPv4 ARP and IPv6 neighbour kernel table
+
+
+<h3>Parameters</h3>
+<ul>
+
+ <li>
+ filter: <p>Table containing one or more of the possible filter
+critera described below (optional)</p><table>
+<tr><th>Field</th><th>Description</th></tr>
+<tr><td><code>family</code></td><td>
+ Number describing the address family to return - <code>4</code> selects
+ IPv4 ARP, <code>6</code> select IPv6 neighbour entries. Any other value
+ selects both.
+</td></tr>
+<tr><td><code>dev</code></td><td>
+ String containing the associated interface to match.
+</td></tr>
+<tr><td><code>dest</code></td><td>
+ String containing the associated address to match. Can be in any notation
+ specified by <code>luci.ip.new()</code>. Prefix matching is performed when
+ comparing the addresses, e.g. "192.168.1.0/24" would select ARP entries
+ for <code>192.168.1.1 .. 192.168.1.255</code>.
+</td></tr>
+<tr><td><code>mac</code></td><td>
+ String containing MAC address to match.
+</td></tr>
+</table>
+ </li>
+
+ <li>
+ callback: <p>Callback function to invoke for each found neighbour
+entry instead of returning one table of neighbour entries (optional)</p>
+ </li>
+
+</ul>
+
+
+
+
+<h3>Usage:</h3>
+<ul>
+<li>Find all ARP neighbours in the LAN:
+<pre>luci.ip.neighbors({ dest = "192.168.0.0/16" }, function(n)
+ print(n.dest, n.mac)
+end)</pre></li>
+<li>Find all active IPv6 addresses of host with given MAC:
+<pre>luci.ip.neighbors({ family = 6, mac = "00:21:63:75:aa:17" },
+ function(n)
+ print(n.dest)
+ end)</pre></li>
+</ul>
+
+
+
+<h3>Return value:</h3>
+If no callback function is provided, a table of neighbour entries
+is returned. If a callback function is given, it is invoked for each entry
+and nothing is returned.
+
+A neighbour entry is a table containing the following fields:
+
+<table>
+<tr><th>Field</th><th>Description</th></tr>
+<tr>
+ <td><code>family</code></td>
+ <td>Number containing the neighbour entry family, <code>4</code> for IPv4
+ ARP or <code>6</code> for IPv6 NDP</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+ <td><code>dev</code></td>
+ <td>String containing the associated device of the neighbour entry</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+ <td><code>dest</code></td>
+ <td>IP address <code>luci.ip.cidr</code> instance</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+ <td><code>mac</code></td>
+ <td>String containing the associated MAC address</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+ <td><code>router</code></td>
+ <td>Boolean "true" if the neighbour entry is a router (IPv6, optional)</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+ <td><code>proxy</code></td>
+ <td>Boolean "true" if this is a proxy entry (optional)</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+ <td><code>incomplete</code></td>
+ <td>Boolean "true" if the entry is in incomplete state (optional)</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+ <td><code>reachable</code></td>
+ <td>Boolean "true" if the entry is in reachable state (optional)</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+ <td><code>stale</code></td>
+ <td>Boolean "true" if the entry is stale (optional)</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+ <td><code>delay</code></td>
+ <td>Boolean "true" if the entry is delayed (optional)</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+ <td><code>probe</code></td>
+ <td>Boolean "true" if the entry is in probe state (optional)</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+ <td><code>failed</code></td>
+ <td>Boolean "true" if the entry is in failed state (optional)</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+ <td><code>noarp</code></td>
+ <td>Boolean "true" if the entry is not caused by NDP or
+ ARP (optional)</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+ <td><code>permanent</code></td>
+ <td>Boolean "true" if the entry was statically configured from
+ userspace (optional)</td>
+</tr>
+</table>
+
+
+
+</dd>
+
+
+
+
+<dt><a name="link"></a><strong>link</strong>&nbsp;(device)</dt>
+<dd>
+
+
+Fetch basic device information
+
+
+<h3>Parameters</h3>
+<ul>
+
+ <li>
+ device: String containing the network device to query
+ </li>
+
+</ul>
+
+
+
+
+<h3>Usage:</h3>
+<ul>
+<li>Test whether device br-lan exists:
+<pre>print(luci.ip.link("br-lan").name ~= nil)
+</pre></li>
+<li>Query MAC address of eth0:
+<pre>print(luci.ip.link("eth0").mac)
+</pre></li>
+</ul>
+
+
+
+<h3>Return value:</h3>
+If the given interface is found, a table containing the fields
+described below is returned, else an empty table.
+
+<table>
+<tr><th>Field</th><th>Description</th></tr>
+<tr>
+ <td><code>up</code></td>
+ <td>Boolean indicating whether the device is in IFF_RUNNING state</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+ <td><code>type</code></td>
+ <td>Numeric value indicating the type of the device, e.g. <code>1</code>
+ for ethernet.</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+ <td><code>name</code></td>
+ <td>String containing the name of the device</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+ <td><code>master</code></td>
+ <td>If queried device is a bridge port, string containing the name of
+ parent bridge device (optional)</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+ <td><code>mtu</code></td>
+ <td>Number containing the current MTU of the device</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+ <td><code>qlen</code></td>
+ <td>Number containing the TX queue length of the device</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+ <td><code>mac</code></td>
+ <td>String containing the link local address of the device in
+ dotted hex notation</td>
+</tr>
+</table>
+
+
+
+</dd>
+
+
+</dl>
+
+
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