AdapterType Property
The type of adapter identified by AdapterIndex .
Syntax
ipinfo.getAdapterType([callback])
Default Value
""
Callback
The 'callback' parameter specifies a function which will be called when the operation completes (or an error is encountered). If the 'callback' parameter is not specified, then the method will block and will not return until the operation completes (or an error is encountered).
The callback for the getAdapterType([callback]) method is defined as:
function(err, data){ }
'err' is the error that occurred. If there was no error, then 'err' is 'null'.
'data' is the value returned by the method.
The callback for the setAdapterType([callback]) method is defined as:
function(err){ }
'err' is the error that occurred. If there was no error, then 'err' is 'null'.
'err' has 2 properties which hold detailed information:
err.code err.message
Remarks
This property contains the type of adapter identified by AdapterIndex, as returned by the system.
Possible values include:
| OTHER | Other |
| ETHERNET | Ethernet |
| TOKENRING | Token Ring |
| FDDI | Fiber Distributed Data Interface |
| PPP | Point-to-Point Protocol |
| LOOPBACK | Loopback |
| SLIP | Serial Line Internet Protocol |
Possible values include (Unix OS):
| UP | Interface is up |
| BROADCAST | Broadcast address valid |
| DEBUG | Turn on debugging |
| LOOPBACK | Interface is a loopback device |
| POINTOPOINT | Interface is a point-to-point link |
| RUNNING | Resources allocated |
| NOARP | No address resolution protocol |
| PROMISC | Receive all packets |
| NOTRAILERS | Avoid use of trailers |
| ALLMULTI | Receive all multicast packets |
| MASTER | Master of a load balancer |
| SLAVE | Slave of a load balancer |
| MULTICAST | Supports multicast |
| PORTSEL | Can set media type |
| AUTOMEDIA | Auto media select active |
| DYNAMIC | Dialup device with dynamic addresses |
This property is read-only.
Data Type
String