Introduction to the networkAdapter class

Purpose

The networkAdapter class is provided as a way to collect all of the various attributes of a network adapter in a convenient package.

Structure

The primary data structure of a networkAdapter is a layered collection. The uppermost layer is a dictionary. Lower layers can be variables, lists, or other dictionaries.

Layer 0

The uppermost layer of a networkAdapter's structure is a dictionary. This dictionary contains up to 10 variables, 5 lists, and one other dictionary. These references are explained below: