How to know computer ID

[Sinha]

Hi everybody

I want to programatically know the computer ID. Is there any vi available?

Thanks in advance for help

[becktho]

Maybe this is what you're looking for.

Thomas

[Sinha]

The attached VI gives the computer name but I am interested in Computer ID which is 16 digit unique no. ( four set of four worded alpha-numeric word separted with dash).

Thanks for answer anyway.

[becktho]

Maybe I forgot some things about IDs but there are various IDs for a computer (for example: network-name, ip-adress, mac-adress).

What kind of ID do you want and how can you see it in other ways?

[xseadog]

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[Ankita]

Hi,

It is not possible to know the Computer ID using LabVIEW. However you can find the Computer ID using the NI License Manager :

From NI License Manager (Start»Programs»National Instruments»NI License Manager), go to Options»Display Computer ID. The computer ID will be displayed.

Regards,

Ankita

[mikeporter]

It sounds like you are wanting the MAC address. You can get this by using System Exec.vi to execute the command:

ipconfig /all

Then parse from the result the "physical address". Try the same command from the command prompt and you can see what comes back. One potentially important point. If you have a computer that has multiple ways of connecting to a network (like a laptop that can dial-in or use a hard-wire LAN) the same computer can have different MAC addresses depending on how you connect.

Mike...

[lkoepke]

While Amkita's post does not retrieve information "programmatically", Mike Porter's post gives an elegant LabVIEW solution to get the MAC address, and it solves my requirement to ensure my application does not migrate perfectly. I love how the NI community has grown in the decades that I have been working with NI products!