How to get the MAC address along with network card detail

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Pl help to get the MAC address along with Network card detail of all disable & enable wifi as well as ethernet but it shows only ethernet mac

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Public Function getMacAddress()
Dim nics() As NetworkInterface = NetworkInterface.GetAllNetworkInterfaces()
Return nics(1).GetPhysicalAddress.ToString
End Function

Posted 13-Oct-17 6:49am

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Updated 13-Oct-17 8:13am

Sean Ewington

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Richard Deeming 13-Oct-17 13:24pm

Your code is only accessing the address of the second network interface.

If you want the address of all network interfaces, you'll need to loop over the list returned from GetAllNetworkInterfaces.

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OriginalGriff · Accepted Answer · 2017-10-13T08:13:00

See here: Retrieving IP and MAC addresses for a LAN[^] - the code is in C#, but it's pretty simple and if you can't work it out, online converter exist which will help: Code Converter[^]

If you are planning on using this for a security or copy protection system, you should be aware that MAC addresses are 1) not unique, and 2) easy to spoof.