Net-CDP ======= The Net::CDP module implements an advertiser/listener for the Cisco Discovery Protocol (CDP). CDP is a proprietary Cisco protocol for discovering devices on a network. A typical CDP implementation sends periodic CDP packets on every network port and listens for advertisements sent by neighboring devices. Prerequisites ------------- - Libnet 1.1.0 or later (http://www.packetfactory.net/Projects/Libnet/) To use a loopback device (for testing, for instance) you will need version 1.1.1 or later. - libpcap 0.6 or later - Carp::Clan For testing, you will also require Test::More, and (optionally) Test::Pod. Installation ------------ To install this module type the following: perl Makefile.PL make make test make install 'make test' will test most features if run by an unprivileged user. Some features will be skipped, however, unless it is run by a superuser. The C portions of this module are built using GNU Autoconf rather than MakeMaker. This makes it easier to add various portability checks (but arguably decreases the portability of the module as a whole). To pass options to the 'configure' process, use the CONFIGURE_ARGS option, eg: perl Makefile.PL CONFIGURE_ARGS=--disable-multicast Usage ----- CDP packets can be sent and received over a single network port by using the Net::CDP package ('perldoc Net::CDP' for complete usage instructions). The Net::CDP::Manager module provides a simple interface to manage multiple ports simultaneously. For example, the following is a simple CDP advertiser/listener script: use Net::CDP::Manager; # Callback to process each packet. sub callback { my ($packet, $port) = @_; print "Received packet on $port from ", $packet->device, "\n"; } # Manage all available ports. cdp_manage(cdp_ports); # Send a packet every minute. Pass received packets to callback. while (1) { cdp_send; cdp_loop(\&callback, 60); } Upgrading from Previous Versions -------------------------------- Net::CDP version 0.07 introduces the use of named arguments instead of flag bitmaps in some functions. Support for the old-style flag bitmaps will be removed soon. 'perldoc Net::CDP' for more details. Contacting the Author --------------------- Please direct questions and comments to . I don't read comp.lang.perl.modules much, so if you leave a question there I might miss it. Copyright and License --------------------- Copyright (C) 2004 by Michael Chapman libcdp is released under the terms and conditions of the GNU Library General Public License version 2. Net::CDP may be redistributed and/or modified under the same terms as Perl itself. $Id: README,v 1.6 2004/09/02 05:17:38 mchapman Exp $