I can't seem to find a dhcp server in perl (that supports multiple interfaces). Any ideas how I can figure out which interface a broadcast udp packet came in on (for Linux 2.6)?

With Linux according to man 7 ip, it seems one is supposed to set the necessary socket options, read the ip_pktinfo/in_pktinfo stuff and then figure out what the ipi_ifindex is. Is there an easy way to do this in Perl? e.g. with IO::Socket::INET or something like that? :).

Of course one would also need to be able to specify that the reply frames leave on the same interface AND are destined to the relevant layer 2 address.

Is there a Perl way to do all that? Or is it easier to do this in Python or Ruby? I don't know either yet, but it seems likely to be more fun than writing everything in C... ;)

Thanks!

In reply to Figuring out which network interface a broadcast packet came in on? by lyeoh

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