Network

Use the Network commands to return the full host name and IP address of a specified host, or obtain a table of network interface names and their IP addresses.

Return an object with the name (.name) and addresses (.addresses) of a specified host, where .addresses is a table of strings.

Syntax

Network.GetHostByName('host')

Arguments

host : The host name for which to obtain network information.

Example

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local ghbn = Network.GetHostByName('localhost')
print("GetHostByName("..ghbn.name..")")
for _, item in ipairs(ghbn.addresses) do
  print("-"..item)
end

Debug Output

GetHostByName(US-MYCOMPUTER-123.mydomain.com)
-127.0.0.1

Return a table of network interface names (.Interface) and the IP address (.Address), MAC address (.MACAddress), broadcast address (.BroadcastAddress), gateway (.Gateway), and netmask (.Netmask) for each.

Syntax

Network.Interfaces()

Example

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local ni = Network.Interfaces()
for _, item in ipairs(ni) do
  print("-"..item.Interface, " = \n IP ", item.Address,"\n MAC",item.MACAddress,"\n Broadcast",
  item.BroadcastAddress,"\n Gateway",item.Gateway,"\n Netmask",item.Netmask)
end

Debug Output

-LAN A	 = 
 IP 	192.0.2.50	
 MAC	00:01:99:98:A1:A9	
 Broadcast	192.0.3.200	
 Gateway	192.0.3.199	
 Netmask	255.255.255.0