I'm guessing you meant "route -v get default" ? Otherwise I don't get much back from the command.

Phil Davis


On 10/22/19 11:05 AM, Bob Sneidar via use-livecode wrote:
Hi all.

MacOS only for now.

I think I put together a way to tell if the default network has changed since 
the last time an internet connection took place. It's no good of course, just 
getting the IP address, as given an identical subnet, you have a 1 in 254 
change of getting the same IP address on a different network. We want to be 
absolutely certain.

Similarly, the gateway, subnet mask and DNS might also be identical. Finally, 
the only adapter we care about is the one that is being used as the default 
route to the internet or local resources. (there may be more than one active 
adapter, as in the Ethernet and Wireless adapters).

The trick is to get the MAC address of the router, then store it and compare it 
each time you attempt to communicate. Here's what I came up with. Feel free to 
chide me if I am overthinking this:

on mouseUp
    put "route get default" into tShellCommand
    put shell(tShellCommand) into tDefaultAdapter
    put lineOffset("Interface: ", tDefaultAdapter) into tInterfaceLine
if tInterfaceLine = 0 then
       answer info "No default interface found!" as sheet
       exit mouseUp
    end if
put word 2 of line tInterfaceLine of tDefaultAdapter into tDefaultInterface
    put "ipconfig getpacket " & tDefaultInterface into tShellCommand
    put shell(tShellCommand) into tInterfaceDetail
    put lineOffset("router (ip_mult): ", tInterfaceDetail) into tRouterLine
    put word 3 of line tRouterLine of tInterfaceDetail into tRouterAddress
    put char 2 to -2 of tRouterAddress into tRouterAddress
    put tRouterAddress
    put "arp " & tRouterAddress into tShellCommand
    put shell(tShellCommand) into tArpReply
    put word 4 of tArpReply into tDefaultMACAddress
end mouseUp

Bob S


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