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From: "Robert Praetorius" <RPraetorius AT AspenRes DOT Com>
Organization: Ministry of Hobo Regalia, Gauntlet Division
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Date: Sat, 10 Mar 2001 01:32:01 +1100
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Subject: Re: SIOCGIFCONF but not SIOCGIFHWADDR
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References: <3AA8DB4E DOT D67C322B AT yahoo DOT com>; from earnie_boyd AT yahoo DOT com on Fri, Mar 09, 2001 at 08:31:58AM -0500
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> If only I knew how to retrieve that information from Windows.
> I did look at the Cygwin source for SIOCGIFCONF, which searches
> the registry for the IP adress + mask.  But in the registry
> I was unable to find the MAC address.  So how to retrieve
> that information from Windows using whatever Windows API calls?

     A quick search turns up

        Q118623 - HOWTO: Get the MAC Address for an Ethernet Adapter
        http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q118/6/23.asp

The answer is a little unsatisfying in a number of respects (assumes 
NetBIOS is bound on that card, it may return randomly generated 
addressed for some non-Ethernet interfaces, etc.) but is better than 
nothing.


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