IPv6 Discovery
Discovers IPv6 nodes on the local area network (LAN) using multicast ping
Installation
npm install ipv6discovery
Example
const ipv6discovery = require("ipv6discovery");
interfaces = ipv6discovery.getInterfaces();
ipv6discovery
.scanInterface(interfaces[0])
.then(console.log)
.catch(console.error);
Usage
-
getInterfaces()
: lists all IPv6 configured network interfaces -
getLocalAddresses()
: lists all IPv6 addresses configured on local interfaces -
scanInterface(interface)
: scans a network interface for IPv6 nodes and returns link local addresses using Promises.
Note
This module relies on the ping
program on Linux. Windows is currently not supported. Other platforms were not tested. Pull requests are welcome.