+# determine all IPv6 prefixes of given logical interface
+# 1: destination variable
+# 2: interface
+network_get_prefixes6() {
+ __network_ifstatus "$1" "$2" "['ipv6-prefix'][*]['address','mask']" "/ "
+}
+
+# determine IPv4 gateway of given logical interface
+# 1: destination variable
+# 2: interface
+# 3: consider inactive gateway if "true" (optional)
+network_get_gateway() {
+ __network_ifstatus "$1" "$2" ".route[@.target='0.0.0.0' && !@.table].nexthop" "" 1 && \
+ return 0
+
+ [ "$3" = 1 -o "$3" = "true" ] && \
+ __network_ifstatus "$1" "$2" ".inactive.route[@.target='0.0.0.0' && !@.table].nexthop" "" 1
+}
+
+# determine IPv6 gateway of given logical interface
+# 1: destination variable
+# 2: interface
+# 3: consider inactive gateway if "true" (optional)
+network_get_gateway6() {
+ __network_ifstatus "$1" "$2" ".route[@.target='::' && !@.table].nexthop" "" 1 && \
+ return 0
+
+ [ "$3" = 1 -o "$3" = "true" ] && \
+ __network_ifstatus "$1" "$2" ".inactive.route[@.target='::' && !@.table].nexthop" "" 1
+}
+
+# determine the DNS servers of the given logical interface
+# 1: destination variable
+# 2: interface
+# 3: consider inactive servers if "true" (optional)
+network_get_dnsserver() {
+ __network_ifstatus "$1" "$2" "['dns-server'][*]" && return 0
+
+ [ "$3" = 1 -o "$3" = "true" ] && \
+ __network_ifstatus "$1" "$2" ".inactive['dns-server'][*]"
+}
+
+# determine the domains of the given logical interface
+# 1: destination variable
+# 2: interface
+# 3: consider inactive domains if "true" (optional)
+network_get_dnssearch() {
+ __network_ifstatus "$1" "$2" "['dns-search'][*]" && return 0
+
+ [ "$3" = 1 -o "$3" = "true" ] && \
+ __network_ifstatus "$1" "$2" ".inactive['dns-search'][*]"
+}
+
+
+# 1: destination variable
+# 2: addr
+# 3: inactive
+__network_wan()
+{
+ __network_ifstatus "$1" "" \
+ "[@.route[@.target='$2' && !@.table]].interface" "" 1 && \
+ return 0
+
+ [ "$3" = 1 -o "$3" = "true" ] && \
+ __network_ifstatus "$1" "" \
+ "[@.inactive.route[@.target='$2' && !@.table]].interface" "" 1
+}
+
+# find the logical interface which holds the current IPv4 default route
+# 1: destination variable
+# 2: consider inactive default routes if "true" (optional)
+network_find_wan() { __network_wan "$1" "0.0.0.0" "$2"; }
+
+# find the logical interface which holds the current IPv6 default route
+# 1: destination variable
+# 2: consider inactive dafault routes if "true" (optional)
+network_find_wan6() { __network_wan "$1" "::" "$2"; }
+
+# test whether the given logical interface is running
+# 1: interface
+network_is_up()
+{
+ local __up
+ __network_ifstatus "__up" "$1" ".up" && [ "$__up" = 1 ]
+}
+
+# determine the protocol of the given logical interface
+# 1: destination variable
+# 2: interface
+network_get_protocol() { __network_ifstatus "$1" "$2" ".proto"; }
+
+# determine the layer 3 linux network device of the given logical interface
+# 1: destination variable
+# 2: interface
+network_get_device() { __network_ifstatus "$1" "$2" ".l3_device"; }
+
+# determine the layer 2 linux network device of the given logical interface
+# 1: destination variable
+# 2: interface
+network_get_physdev() { __network_ifstatus "$1" "$2" ".device"; }
+
+# defer netifd actions on the given linux network device
+# 1: device name
+network_defer_device()
+{
+ ubus call network.device set_state \
+ "$(printf '{ "name": "%s", "defer": true }' "$1")" 2>/dev/null
+}
+
+# continue netifd actions on the given linux network device
+# 1: device name
+network_ready_device()
+{
+ ubus call network.device set_state \
+ "$(printf '{ "name": "%s", "defer": false }' "$1")" 2>/dev/null
+}