Re: [Boost-users] MAC Address

From: Ramesh (rramesh1_at_[hidden])
Date: 2008-08-22 13:36:04

I doubt if boost has one such generic API, you can try ACE, but I doubt that
too - best way is to have your own. Just that you might have to search a bit
of NDIS & MSDN documentation.

Cheers
/R

On Fri, Aug 22, 2008 at 10:01 AM, Jean-Sebastien Stoezel <
js.stoezel_at_[hidden]> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Thanks for your quick answer. I am running Windows XP so I am not sure
> I have access to ioctl... I would like to provide a solution that is
> OS independent, this is why I would like to use Boost... Does boost
> provide an interface to get the MAC address?
>
> Thanks,
> Jean
>
> On 8/22/08, Ramesh <rramesh1_at_[hidden]> wrote:
> > Hello Jean,
> >
> > You could do this using a standard ioctl call to your ethernet driver
> from
> > the user space, AFAIK you perhaps do not need boost to get the mac
> address.
> >
> > Cheers
> > /Ramesh
> >
> >
> > On Fri, Aug 22, 2008 at 9:48 AM, Jean-Sebastien Stoezel
> > <js.stoezel_at_[hidden]> wrote:
> > >
> > > Hello,
> > >
> > > How to get the MAC address of an ethernet interface, using the boost
> > > C++ library?
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > > Jean
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