Function local_ip_address::local_ipv6

pub fn local_ipv6() -> Result<IpAddr, Error>

Retrieves the local IPv6 address of the machine in the local network from the AF_INET6 family.

A different approach is taken based on the operative system.

For linux based systems the Netlink socket communication is used to retrieve the local network interface.

For BSD-based systems the getifaddrs approach is taken using libc

For Windows systems Win32’s IP Helper is used to gather the Local IP address

Examples found in repository

examples/show_ip_and_ifs.rs (line 12)

fn main() {
    match local_ip() {
        Ok(ip) => println!("Local IPv4: {}", ip),
        Err(err) => println!("Failed to get local IPv4: {}", err),
    };

    match local_ipv6() {
        Ok(ip) => println!("Local IPv6: {}", ip),
        Err(err) => println!("Failed to get local IPv6: {}", err),
    };

    // this is only supported on linux currently
    #[cfg(target_os = "linux")]
    match local_broadcast_ip() {
        Ok(ip) => println!("Local broadcast IPv4: {}", ip),
        Err(err) => println!("Failed to get local broadcast IPv4: {}", err),
    };

    match list_afinet_netifas() {
        Ok(netifs) => {
            println!("Got {} interfaces", netifs.len());
            for netif in netifs {
                println!("IF: {}, IP: {}", netif.0, netif.1);
            }
        }
        Err(err) => println!("Failed to get list of network interfaces: {}", err),
    };
}