pcap_can_set_rfmon(3)

pcap_can_set_rfmon3

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

Usage

#include <pcap/pcap.h>

int pcap_can_set_rfmon(pcap_t *p);

Overview

pcap_can_set_rfmon() checks whether monitor mode could be set on a capture handle when the handle is activated.

Return value

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(3) or pcap_perror(3) 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(3) can be called, with a warning or error code as an argument, to fetch a message describing the warning or error code.

Releases

39 releases since FreeBSD 8.0-RELEASE; the text changed 8 times.

  1. 8.0–8.4
  2. 9.0
  3. 9.1–10.4
  4. 11.0
  5. 11.1–11.3
  6. 11.4
  7. 12.0–12.1
  8. 12.2–13.4
  9. 13.5–16.0

From base 16.0-CURRENT-20261027-61c70dc16a79 in FreeBSD 16.0-CURRENT (2026-10-27). Parsed by carta from the page's man source.