Kernel functions				  net_routeto(9F)



NAME
     net_routeto - return an indentifier to indicate  which  net-
     work  interace packets destined for a particular destination
     are sent

SYNOPSIS
     #include <sys/neti.h>

     phy_if_t net_routeto(const	net_data_t *net, struct	 sockaddr
     *addresss,	struct sockaddr	*nexthop);

INTERFACE LEVEL
     Solaris DDI specific (Solaris DDI)

PARAMETERS
     address

	 network address to find a path	out of the machine for.

	 next
	     pointer to	sockaddr structure in which to store  the
	     address of	the next hop.  If this information is not
	     required, the value NULL may be passed instead.



DESCRIPTION
     This function can be used to discover which  network  inter-
     face packets destined for a particular address would be sent
     out of, according to the systems network routing tables.  If
     next  is  supplied	 as a non-NULL pointer,	the IP address of
     the nexthop router	to be used is returned in it.

RETURN VALUE
     This function returns -1 if it is not supported by	the  net-
     work  protocol,  0	if it cannot find a route for the address
     given and otherwise, a value  greater  than  0  to	 indicate
     which  network  interface	can  be	 used  to reach	the given
     address.

ATTRIBUTES
     See attributes(5) for descriptions	of the	following  attri-
     butes:
	  ____________________________________________________________
	 |	 ATTRIBUTE TYPE	       |       ATTRIBUTE VALUE	     |
	 |_____________________________|_____________________________|
	 | Interface Stability	       |	 Committed	     |
	 |_____________________________|_____________________________|

SEE ALSO
     net_phylookup(9f),	net_phygetnext(9f)




SunOS 5.10	   Last	change:	25 March 2008			1