network card MAC address

[philp]

Hi
I would like to be able to gain access to the raw MAC address of the network card. I know that you can use ioctl commands to obtain the MAC address. However I also know that you can change the MAC address on the system by using the ip command. I would like to obtain at runtime the raw MAC address of the network card. Is there anyway of easily doing this?

Thanks for your help
Phil

[Dangermouse]

Hello im not exactly sure what you mean but, you can install a program called macchanger via yum,(yum install macchanger), which can be used to see and change your mac address etc.

[philp]

Thanks
Sorry for not being very clear. What I'm looking for is a way to obtain the raw MAC address from the network card. If somebody changes it (using e.g. macchanger) I would still like to gain access to the original network cards MAC address, not the modified one.
Phil

[varinder]

What I'm looking for is a way to obtain the raw MAC address from the network card.

dear friend !
I am just curious about raw MAC . is it different from MAC address of NIC