Obtaining MAC address

[Al_S]

You enabled NetBios correctly if you're not using DHCP to dynamically assign IP addresses.

What did the new version say about LANA numbers?  I didn't expect you to get the same errors.  I expected either an error on NCBENUM or a message saying "No adapters found.\n".   Are you sure you rebuilt the project and ran the new version?

I'm using WinXP Pro with Client for Microsoft Networking, TCP/IP with NetBios setting from the DHCP server.

[DVD_Boost]

After I play a little bit with debug and DOS commands I instantly start to get Physical addresses for LANA4 and LANA6 on one of the machines. One of them is not physical (VPN client), the other one is the WLAN but I'm missing the LAN adapter. It is not connected - maybe this is the problem, but it's still listed in ipconfig.

I still have Error: 0x3F on the other machine.

I don't know maybe it's my compilation or something else but it doesn't seems that this solution is going to work 100% on every machines for my distribution.
Except that, is there any way to programmatically enable NetBIOS on the distributive machine (some installation script or Registry setting)?

[Al_S]

OK, try this one.  It uses Simple (hah!) Network Management Protocol (SNMP) to get the MAC address.

I found so many copies of this on the web with so many different people claiming to have authored it that I can't give anyone credit.  I sure didn't write it and don't understand most of it.  I just hacked it up to get it to work with CVI.

[DVD_Boost]

Al S,

This is a very good one.

It's really the perfect solution for the application I'm working on. Works on any PC I've tried ( I did not try it on Win9x - it's outdated in most cases).

Very simple and easy to implement, regardles that I almost don't understand the way it works. I guess that I need to read deeply in this library function

I would like to thank you so much for your time you spent with this problem. The way you delivere these samples is an example of huge knolledge. I can use your code almost untouched. I am sure many people who made an attempt to find a solution for this problem will be happy to see your code. Thank you again

P.S.

Just as alternative in a totally different way of obtaining MAC, Volume & uP ID's. It is a VBS script - the most interesting is the processor solution. I really do not know how to implement such a code into CVI but just for information. I found it a week ago surfing the web.

Message Edited by DVD_Boost on 01-11-2007 03:22 PM

[DVD_Boost]

This is the attachment which disappeared when I submit my last message:

[DVD_Boost]

Actually, there is a problem using MAC address with the purpose of my application !

The current filtering returns all MAC's, even the virtual adapters.
I've studied the library and there is a possibility of requesting the description of the NIC using OID_ifDescr = {1, 3, 6, 1, 2, 1, 2, 2, 1, 2}
I also found the code, I beleave, is the source of whole this solution. There is a little bit written about this OID:
http://www.koders.com/cpp/fid95EC7B73663B58A26B2172F5B76A0098F624064D.aspx

My idea is to retrieve the description string, scan the string for the word "Virtual" (and may be something else, usual for non physical adapters), filter the virtual NIC's and return only the MAC for physical adapters.

Do you thing this is possible, modifying the code given by Al S a few messages above?
Is there anyone who can help me with this ?

Thank you in advance.

Message Edited by DVD_Boost on 01-14-2007 07:39 AM

[RobertoBozzolo]

Thanks to Al for these very useful samples!

I added this discussion to my bookmarks!

Message Edited by Roberto Bozzolo on 02-13-2007 12:39 PM

[dummy_decoy]

(message deleted, sorry i messed up the order of all the posts)


Message Edited by dummy_decoy on 03-27-2008 12:07 PM

[zaizai]

thank you!