[Winpcap-users] How to get local MAC address ?

[Wentao Shang]

在 2011-9-12 下午10:00，"MARMONIER Cédric" <cmarmonier at ifotec.com>写道：
>
> Thanks but there is a probleme.
> GetAdaptersAddresses() don't give me the same adapter list that
pcap_findalldevs()
>
> If I have :
> IP_ADAPTER_INFO *adapter_Iphlpapi = NULL;
> pcap_if_t *adapter_WinPCAP = NULL;
> adapter_Iphlpapi = getMyAdapter(); // use the GetAdaptersAddresses
function to select an adapter
>
> => How can I do to set the good adapter in the adapter_WinPCAP variable ?
>
>

One solution is to compare the 'AdapterName' field in IP_ADAPTER_ADDRESSES
struct with the field in pcap_if_t struct (i don't remember the name).

You may first get the whole pcap_if_t struct list then select the one you
need.

Regards.

Wentao

> Is there a method which can operate with Windows Xp (and Windows 7 if
possible) and Linux ?
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> -----Message d'origine-----
> De : winpcap-users-bounces at winpcap.org [mailto:
winpcap-users-bounces at winpcap.org] De la part de Wentao Shang
> Envoyé : lundi 12 septembre 2011 11:27
> À : winpcap-users at winpcap.org
> Objet : Re: [Winpcap-users] How to get local MAC address ?
>
> David is correct.
>
> GetAdaptersInfo is obsolete since Windows XP and people should use
> GetAdaptersAddresses now.
>
> The field 'PhysicalAddress' and 'PhysicalAddressLength' in the
> 'IP_ADAPTER_ADDRESSES' struct correspond to the MAC address of the
> device. The 'PhysicalAddressLength' value should equal to 6 for
> Ethernet adapters.
>
> See http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa366058(v=VS.85).aspx for
> more info.:)
>
> Regards.
>
> Wentao
>
> 2011/9/12 "Fish" (David B. Trout) <fish at infidels.org>:
> > Mark Pizzolato wrote:
> >> Fish wrote:
> >> >
> >> > http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa365915(v=vs.85).aspx
> >> >
> >>
> >> That reference shows how to determine IP addresses not MAC addresses.
> >
> > Incorrect.
> >
> > It shows how to retrieve a linked list of 'IP_ADAPTER_ADDRESSES'
structures,
> > one field of which happens to be the hardware address. It most certainly
is
> > not ONLY for determining protocol addresses.
> >
> > The old "GetAdaptersInfo" API is what you previously had to use, which
> > returned 'IP_ADAPTER_INFO' structures. But it only returned information
for
> > adapters which has an IPv4 IP address associated with them, and not any
with
> > IPv6 addresses assigned.:
> >
> > http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa365917(VS.85).aspx
> > http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa366062(v=VS.85).aspx
> >
> >
> > The "GetAdaptersAddresses" API was designed to replace the
"GetAdaptersInfo"
> > API. It returns MUCH MORE information than GetAdaptersInfo ever did, and
it
> > does so for ALL adapters, *regardless* of whether or not an IPv4 and/or
IPv6
> > protocol address is assigned to it.
> >
> > You're wrong.
> >
> > The "GetAdaptersAddresses" API most certainly *is* the correct API to
use
> > and is the correct answer.
> >
> > --
> > "Fish"(David B. Trout)
> > fish at softdevlabs.com
> >
> >
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> --
> Wentao Shang
>
> Master Candidate and Research Assistant at CERNET Center & EE
> Department, Tsinghua University,
>
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>
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