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authorHåkon Nessjøen <haakon.nessjoen@gmail.com>2010-11-03 03:12:11 +0100
committerHåkon Nessjøen <haakon.nessjoen@gmail.com>2010-11-03 03:12:11 +0100
commit749229fa367aed0bb14822a4e2fbbf112d06033e (patch)
treec8a5167ee358912057d4edd7334218a122f73918
parent1c11ee970aaa1dde00028508517e2f8964cd54ea (diff)
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Skip loopback interfaces. They seldom/never have a MAC address, and you probably won't run a MAC-Telnet server there. Speeds up autodetect.
-rw-r--r--mactelnet.c5
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/mactelnet.c b/mactelnet.c
index 762d7b5..7f60712 100644
--- a/mactelnet.c
+++ b/mactelnet.c
@@ -247,6 +247,11 @@ int findInterface() {
while (success = getIps(devicename, 128, &myip)) {
char str[INET_ADDRSTRLEN];
+ /* Skip loopback interfaces */
+ if (memcmp("lo", devicename, 2) == 0) {
+ continue;
+ }
+
inet_ntop(AF_INET, &(myip.sin_addr), str, INET_ADDRSTRLEN);
/* Initialize receiving socket on the device chosen */