C++ Mac Address

[triclops200]

How do i get the mac address of the computer it is run on and return it using a

char macchar[50]

variable (i know strings work better but i need to use chars for my project I'm working on)

[hypheni]

You can achieve this by simple piece of dos command.


ipconfig /all >> [path]

path should be a txt file location in which you will get all the NIC MAC address. Then you just need to manipulate it a bit more to server your purpose.

[triclops200]

I'm sort-of a self taught newbie with c++ i don't get what you mean.... i need step by step please if you are willing.

[hypheni]

See.. 1st place the dos command "ipconfig /all" (without quotes) into dos and see the output. you will find all the mac of ur nics. then you just need to catch this mac address in ur c++ code.. better u start off c++ file handling before doing this..

[triclops200]

c++ file handling.... is that out.put and in.get? because i use that all the time.

[hypheni]

what do u mean by out.put. Is this file pointers?. start off with good book. u can use H. Shildt C/C++ Complete reference.

[Ajay Vijay]

Do you need this?
How to get my IP address?

And don't use any sort of command redirection into file, and parsing the file. That is absurd. A command window may open, would distract the user. And most importantly, output of any command (like 'ipconfig') may change by different versions of OS.

[hypheni]

ya that is always better if you can code for network programming

[hoxsiew]

Do you need this?
How to get my IP address?

And don't use any sort of command redirection into file, and parsing the file. That is absurd. A command window may open, would distract the user. And most importantly, output of any command (like 'ipconfig') may change by different versions of OS.

MAC address, not IP address.

OP: See the IP Helper API:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/libr...8VS.85%29.aspx