From: "Alex Vinokur" <alexvn AT bigfoot DOT com>
Newsgroups: alt.os.windows2000,comp.lang.c++,comp.os.msdos.djgpp,comp.os.ms-windows.programmer.misc,microsoft.public.win2000.general
Subject: Getting MAC Address (popen method) within C/C++-program on Windows 2000
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Windows 2000 Professional
  --------------------
  DJGPP 2.03
  GNU gcc/gpp version 3.1
  --------------------
  MINGW-2.0.0-2
  GNU gcc/g++ version 3.2 (mingw special 20020817-1)
==========================================


All attempts
  to get MAC Address (SNMP, NetBIOS, RPC methods) within C/C++-program in Windows2000
  have failed.

See :
1. Getting MAC Address (SNMP Method) within C/C++-program in Windows2000
    http://groups.google.com/groups?selm=al5gtq%241nm5bu%241%40ID-79865.news.dfncis.de


2. Getting MAC Address (NetBIOS Method) within C/C++-program in Windows2000
    http://groups.google.com/groups?selm=al5grb%241n9l0s%241%40ID-79865.news.dfncis.de


3.  Getting MAC Address (RPC Method) within C/C++-program in Windows2000
     http://groups.google.com/groups?selm=almic8%241on4rf%241%40ID-79865.news.dfncis.de

So, I was forced to use popen method to get MAC Address within C/C++-program in Windows2000.
http://groups.google.com/groups?selm=allcli%241qvl2d%241%40ID-79865.news.dfncis.de
http://www.planet-source-code.com/vb/scripts/ShowCode.asp?txtCodeId=4733&lngWId=3

Of course, using popen() is not the best solution because subsidiary process is created.

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