 
Returns information for a network. Overrides the core getnetbyname and getnetbyaddr functions with object-oriented versions that return Net::netent objects. The objects have methods that return the fields of the same name from the netent structure in netdb.h:
| Field | Description | 
|---|---|
| addrtype | Net address type | 
| aliases | Array of aliases | 
| name | Name of net | 
| net | Network number | 
You can access the structure fields with the methods or by importing the fields into your namespace with the :FIELDS import tag and accessing them by prepending n_ to the field name:
$net_obj->name( ) $n_name
Net::netent exports the following.
| getnet | 
getnet (net)
Frontend for getnetbyaddr and getnetbyname. If net is numeric, calls getnetbyaddr; otherwise, calls getnetbyname.
| getnetbyaddr | 
getnetbyaddr (addr, addrtype)
Returns information about the net with address addr of type addrtype.
| getnetbyname | 
getnetbyname (netname)
Returns information about the net with name netname.
 
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