Thread: Get the MAC address.. ??

I would like to know if there is a simple way to use in order to retreive the machain MAC address..

i have found this:

Code:

#include <sys/ioctl.h> 
#include <net/if.h>  
#include <unistd.h> 
#include <netinet/in.h> 
#include <string.h> 
 
int main() 
{ 
    ifreq ifr; 
    ifconf ifc; 
    char buf[1024]; 
    bool success = false; 
 
    int sock = socket(AF_INET, SOCK_DGRAM, IPPROTO_IP); 
    if (sock == -1) { /* handle error*/ }; 
 
    ifc.ifc_len = sizeof(buf); 
    ifc.ifc_buf = buf; 
    if (ioctl(sock, SIOCGIFCONF, &ifc) == -1) { /* handle error */ } 
 
    ifreq* it = ifc.ifc_req; 
    const ifreq* const end = it + (ifc.ifc_len / sizeof(ifreq)); 
 
    for (; it != end; ++it) { 
        strcpy(ifr.ifr_name, it->ifr_name); 
        if (ioctl(sock, SIOCGIFFLAGS, &ifr) == 0) { 
                if (! (ifr.ifr_flags & IFF_LOOPBACK)) { // don't count loopback 
                        if (ioctl(sock, SIOCGIFHWADDR, &ifr) == 0) { 
                                success = true; 
                                break; 
                        } 
                } 
        } 
        else { /* handle error */ } 
    } 
 
    unsigned char mac_address[6]; 
 
    if (success) memcpy(mac_address, ifr.ifr_hwaddr.sa_data, 6); 
}

any other way??

waiting..

Not sure if you've seen this thread yet, but it may provide some help:

ioctl request to get the HW address

Ya, that was great.

Thanks a lot.