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pcap_can_set_rfmon - check whether monitor mode can be set for a not-yet-activated capture handle

#include <pcap/pcap.h>

int pcap_can_set_rfmon(pcap_t *p);

pcap_can_set_rfmon () checks whether monitor mode could be set on a capture handle when the handle is activated. pcap_can_set_rfmon () returns 0 if monitor mode could not be set, 1 if monitor mode could be set, and a negative value on error. A negative return value indicates what error condition occurred. The possible error values are:

PCAP_ERROR_NO_SUCH_DEVICE The capture source specified when the handle was created doesn't exist.

PCAP_ERROR_PERM_DENIED The process doesn't have permission to check whether monitor mode could be supported.

PCAP_ERROR_ACTIVATED The capture handle has already been activated.

PCAP_ERROR Another error occurred. pcap_geterr (3PCAP) or \%pcap_perror (3PCAP) may be called with p as an argument to fetch or display a message describing the error.

Additional error codes may be added in the future; a program should check for 0 , 1 , and negative, return codes, and treat all negative return codes as errors. pcap_statustostr (3PCAP) can be called, with a warning or error code as an argument, to fetch a message describing the warning or error code.

pcap (3PCAP), pcap_create (3PCAP), pcap_activate (3PCAP), pcap_set_rfmon (3PCAP)