[Gllug] Reading MAC addresses

[tet at accucard.com]

Allen Wayne writes:

>here is a stupid question...does anyone know of a method of reading a
>network card MAC address from code (i.e. C/C++)?
>
>Any pointers would be gratefully received

A quick strace of ifconfig suggests that the SIOCGIFHWADDR ioctl is
what you're after...

Tet

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