NAME

Net::Connection::Sniffer::Util -- netaddr utilities

SYNOPSIS

  use Net::Connection::Sniffer::Util;

  my $ip = newcidr24 Net::Connection::Sniffer::Util($netaddr);

  my $ipcopy = $ip->copy;

  if ($someip->within($ip)) {
        do something...

  if ($ip->contains($someip)) {
        do something...

  if ($ip1->equal($ip2)) {
        do something

DESCRIPTION

Net::Connection::Sniffer::Util is a lite weight perl module to do NetAddr::IP like operations on ip addresses in either 32 or 128 bit formats.

• my $ip = newcidr24;

  Create a blessed address object with cidr/24 network/broadcast bounds (assumes 32 bit addressing), for ipv6, this will be cidr/120

• my $ipcopy = $ip->copy;

  Copy a blessed network address object to a new blessed object;

  Returns 'undef' if $ip is not a Net::Connection::Sniffer::Util object.

• $rv = $someip->within($ip);

  Check to see if $someip is within the cidr of $ip. i.e.

    network address <= $someip <= broadcast address
  
    input:        ip object for range check
    returns:      true if within, else false

  Returns 'undef' if $someip and $ip are not Net::Connection::Sniffer::Util objects.

• $rv = $ip->contains($someip);

  Check to see if $ip is within the cidr range of $someip. i.e.

  This is the logical compliment of the within method.

• $rv = $ip1->equal($ip2);

  Check if IP1 equal IP2

    input:        ip2 object
    returns:      true/false

COPYRIGHT

Copyright 2006, Michael Robinton <michael@bizsystems.com>

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License (except as noted otherwise in individuals sub modules) published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.

AUTHOR

Michael Robinton <michael@bizsystems.com>

SEE ALSO

        man (3) NetAddr::IP::Util