networkInterfaces() doesn't list all NICs on OSX

[tomas]

Hey guys,

For some reason I'm not getting all NICs listed by os.networkInfaces() on an Macbook running Lion. ifconfig correctly shows en0 and en1 (Ethernet and Airport), but the os module does not. Both interfaces are active.

> process.version;
'v0.6.8'
> var os = require('os');
undefined
> os.networkInterfaces();
{ lo0: 
   [ { address: 'fe80::1',
       family: 'IPv6',
       internal: true },
     { address: '127.0.0.1',
       family: 'IPv4',
       internal: true },
     { address: '::1',
       family: 'IPv6',
       internal: true } ],
  en1: 
   [ { address: 'fe80::6ab8:6dff:fe22:dc9e',
       family: 'IPv6',
       internal: false },
     { address: '172.16.7.191',
       family: 'IPv4',
       internal: false } ] }
> 

Anybody know the reason why?

[iapain]

I could not repeat this problem on Lion with node 0.8.1. os.networkInterfaces() have shown me correct list of network interfaces. Are you sure problem still persists on latest stable build of node?

[tomas]

Yep, looks like it was fixed. Just tested on 0.8.1 and both en0 and en1 are shown. Closing!