Click here to Skip to main content
15,900,378 members
Articles / Desktop Programming / MFC
Article

Get MAC Address

Rate me:
Please Sign up or sign in to vote.
2.17/5 (6 votes)
11 May 2002 289.4K   37   51
Get MAC address function

GetMacAddress

Include nb30.h and link with netapi32.lib. This article is based on Q118623.

Source

typedef struct _ASTAT_
{
	ADAPTER_STATUS adapt;
	NAME_BUFFER    NameBuff[30];
} ASTAT, * PASTAT;


CString GetMacAddress(CString sNetBiosName)
{
    ASTAT Adapter;
	
    NCB ncb;
    UCHAR uRetCode;
	
    memset(&ncb, 0, sizeof(ncb));
    ncb.ncb_command = NCBRESET;
    ncb.ncb_lana_num = 0;
	
    uRetCode = Netbios(&ncb);
	
    memset(&ncb, 0, sizeof(ncb));
    ncb.ncb_command = NCBASTAT;
    ncb.ncb_lana_num = 0;
	
    sNetBiosName.MakeUpper();
	
    FillMemory(ncb.ncb_callname, NCBNAMSZ - 1, 0x20);
	
    strcpy((char *)ncb.ncb_callname, (LPCTSTR) sNetBiosName);
	
    ncb.ncb_callname[sNetBiosName.GetLength()] = 0x20;
    ncb.ncb_callname[NCBNAMSZ] = 0x0;
	
    ncb.ncb_buffer = (unsigned char *) &Adapter;
    ncb.ncb_length = sizeof(Adapter);
	
    uRetCode = Netbios(&ncb);
    
    CString sMacAddress;
	
    if (uRetCode == 0)
    {
    	sMacAddress.Format(_T("%02x%02x%02x%02x%02x%02x"),
    	    Adapter.adapt.adapter_address[0],
            Adapter.adapt.adapter_address[1],
            Adapter.adapt.adapter_address[2],
            Adapter.adapt.adapter_address[3],
            Adapter.adapt.adapter_address[4],
            Adapter.adapt.adapter_address[5]);
    }
    return sMacAddress;
}

License

This article has no explicit license attached to it but may contain usage terms in the article text or the download files themselves. If in doubt please contact the author via the discussion board below.

A list of licenses authors might use can be found here


Written By
Web Developer
Poland Poland
This member has not yet provided a Biography. Assume it's interesting and varied, and probably something to do with programming.

Comments and Discussions

 
GeneralRe: This should not be allowed as a submission Pin
David Crow16-Jun-05 4:05
David Crow16-Jun-05 4:05 

General General    News News    Suggestion Suggestion    Question Question    Bug Bug    Answer Answer    Joke Joke    Praise Praise    Rant Rant    Admin Admin   

Use Ctrl+Left/Right to switch messages, Ctrl+Up/Down to switch threads, Ctrl+Shift+Left/Right to switch pages.