replaced netifaces by psutil for better compatibility across machines

requirements.txt

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ sortedcontainers
 numpy
 
 # networking
-netifaces
+psutil
 msgpack
 
 # cryptography

source/managers/CommunicationManager.py

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import zlib
 from datetime import datetime
 
 import bidict
-import netifaces
+import psutil
 
 from source import packets, utils, structures
 from source.behaviors import roles
@@ -223,15 +223,15 @@ class CommunicationManager:
         # decode the payload
         return self.packet_decode(payload), address
 
-    def get_local_hosts(self) -> typing.Iterator[str]:
+    def get_local_addresses(self) -> typing.Iterator[tuple]:
         """
-        Get the local hosts addresses of the machine
+        Get the local hosts addresses of the machine (on the selected interface)
         :return: the local hosts addresses of the machine
         """
 
-        for interface_id, interface_addresses in netifaces.ifaddresses(self.interface).items():
-            for interface_address in interface_addresses:
-                yield interface_address["addr"].split("%")[0]
+        for address in psutil.net_if_addrs()[self.interface]:
+            # return the address family and the host (without the interface suffix)
+            yield address.family, address.address.split("%")[0]
 
     def is_address_local(self, address: tuple) -> bool:
         """
@@ -242,7 +242,12 @@ class CommunicationManager:
         host, _, _, scope = address
 
         # check if the host is in our local hosts list
-        return host in list(self.get_local_hosts())
+        for local_address in self.get_local_addresses():
+            local_family, local_host = local_address
+            if host == local_host:
+                return True
+
+        return False
 
     def save_trusted_peers(self) -> None:
         """