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Net::Packet::IGMPv4(3) User Contributed Perl Documentation Net::Packet::IGMPv4(3)

Net::Packet::IGMPv4 - Internet Group Management Protocol v4 layer 4 object

   use Net::Packet::Consts qw(:igmpv4);
   require Net::Packet::IGMPv4;
   # Build a layer
   my $layer = Net::Packet::IGMPv4->new(
      version      => 2,
      type         => NP_IGMPv4_v2_TYPE_QUERY,
      maxRespTime  => 10,
      checksum     => 0,
      groupAddress => NP_IGMPv4_GROUP_ADDRESS_ALL_HOSTS,
   );
   $layer->pack;
   print 'RAW: '.unpack('H*', $layer->raw)."\n";
   # Read a raw layer
   my $layer = Net::Packet::IGMPv4->new(raw => $raw);
   print $layer->print."\n";
   print 'PAYLOAD: '.unpack('H*', $layer->payload)."\n"
      if $layer->payload;

This modules implements the encoding and decoding of the Internet Group Management Protocol v4 (version 1 and 2) layer.

RFC for version 1: ftp://ftp.rfc-editor.org/in-notes/rfc1112.txt

RFC for version 2: ftp://ftp.rfc-editor.org/in-notes/rfc2236.txt

See also Net::Packet::Layer and Net::Packet::Layer4 for other attributes and methods.

For version 1, you use the following attributes: version, type, unused, checksum, groupAddress.

For version 2, you use the following attributes: type, maxRespTime, checksum, groupAddress.

Object constructor. You can pass attributes that will overwrite default ones. Default values:

version: 2

type: NP_IGMPv4_v2_TYPE_QUERY

maxRespTime: 10

checksum: 0

groupAddress: NP_IGMPv4_GROUP_ADDRESS_ALL_HOSTS

Packs all attributes into a raw format, in order to inject to network. Returns 1 on success, undef otherwise.
Unpacks raw data from network and stores attributes into the object. Returns 1 on success, undef otherwise.

Load them: use Net::Packet::Consts qw(:igmpv4);

IGMPv4 header length.
Various types supported by version 1 of the protocol.
Various types supported by version 2 of the protocol.
Various group addresses supported by all versions of the protocol.

Patrice <GomoR> Auffret

Copyright (c) 2004-2009, Patrice <GomoR> Auffret

You may distribute this module under the terms of the Artistic license. See LICENSE.Artistic file in the source distribution archive.

NetPacket, Net::RawIP, Net::RawSock

2009-11-09 perl v5.40.2

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