getting nic card hardware address

cweng · #1 23rd March 2005, 03:10 PM

What system call can I use to get the hardware address of any network interface ?

awdac · #2 23rd March 2005, 03:38 PM

Code:

ifconfig eth0 (or whatever your interface is)

cweng · #3 23rd March 2005, 03:46 PM

If you are writing a C program, what system/function call can you call to determine the hw address ?

zipper · #4 28th March 2005, 05:47 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by awdac

Code:

ifconfig eth0 (or whatever your interface is)

How come when as root, I type "ifconfig eth0", I get the message, "bash: ifconfig: command not found"?

cweng · #5 28th March 2005, 05:54 AM

Try giving the full path name
/sbin/ifconfig