iOS ethernet detection

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Hello,

is there any way to detect if current connectivity is using wired ethernet on iOS ?

Davie Scrève

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Answer 1

It’s hard to answer this without a more concrete definition of what you mean by “current connectivity”. I suspect you’re asking about the default route, in which case the best way forward is

NWPathMonitor

. For example:

let monitor = NWPathMonitor()

func startPathMonitor() {
    self.monitor.pathUpdateHandler = { path in
        print(path.usesInterfaceType(.wiredEthernet))
        print("--")
    }
    self.monitor.start(queue: .main)
}

Note that I’m using

usesInterfaceType(_:)

here, because the default route might be a VPN and you need to test what interface that’s running over.

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Answer 2

It’s hard to answer this without a more concrete definition of what you mean by “current connectivity”. I suspect you’re asking about the default route, in which case the best way forward is

NWPathMonitor

. For example:

let monitor = NWPathMonitor()

func startPathMonitor() {
    self.monitor.pathUpdateHandler = { path in
        print(path.usesInterfaceType(.wiredEthernet))
        print("--")
    }
    self.monitor.start(queue: .main)
}

Note that I’m using

usesInterfaceType(_:)

here, because the default route might be a VPN and you need to test what interface that’s running over.

Share and Enjoy
—
Quinn “The Eskimo!”
Apple Developer Relations, Developer Technical Support, Core OS/Hardware

let myEmail = "eskimo" + "1" + "@apple.com"

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eskimo

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