How do I find the MAC address of a network card on IRIX? I'd rather not shell out to something that displays it and parse the output.
I'm coding C.
Methods that require root access are acceptable.
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A:
I don't know about programmatically, but you could try /etc/nvram eaddr, I suppose you could exec() that.
phoebus
2009-09-28 08:23:10
I'd prefer not to shell out, but at least it works. Thanks. Does this mean that all network cards have the same MAC address?
Thomas
2009-09-29 06:40:04
A:
On some platforms (Linux, for example) ioctl() allows to obtain MAC address. You need to check on IRIX as ioctl() is platform-dependent.
qrdl
2009-09-28 08:31:49
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A:
#include <net/raw.h>
#include <net/if.h>
#include <net/soioctl.h>
#include <sys/ioctl.h>
#include <sys/types.h>
#include <sys/socket.h>
#include <unistd.h>
...
struct ifreq ifdat;
int s;
s = socket (PF_RAW, SOCK_RAW, RAWPROTO_SNOOP);
strcpy (ifdat.ifr_name, "en0");
ioctl (s, SIOCGIFADDR, &ifdat);
...
Clean it up a little, and ifdat should contain your MAC address.
WhirlWind
2010-04-02 21:56:43