#!/usr/bin/perl -w use Net::Pcap; my $dev="eth1"; my $address; my $netmask; my $err; if (Net::Pcap::lookupnet($dev, \$address, \$netmask, \$err)) { die 'Unable to look up device information for ', $dev, ' - ', $err; } print "\n The Ip is $address and the mask is $netmask \n";