How to get MAC address using CSharpHow to get the MAC address of system using Asp.net/C#
Now I want to share with you some simple but important for our rapid development.
Here I want to discuss how to get system MAC address using c# ,
First way:
You need to import the System.Net namespace for this to work.
This will support IPv4 and IPv6.
NetworkInterface[] nics = NetworkInterface.GetAllNetworkInterfaces();
foreach (NetworkInterface adapter in nics)
{
IPInterfaceProperties properties = adapter.GetIPProperties();
adapter.GetPhysicalAddress().ToString();
}
Second way:
public string GetMACAddress()
{
ManagementClass mc = new ManagementClass("Win32_NetworkAdapterConfiguration");
ManagementObjectCollection moc = mc.GetInstances();
string MACAddress = String.Empty;
foreach (ManagementObject mo in moc)
{
if (MACAddress == String.Empty) // only return MAC Address from first card
{
if ((bool)mo["IPEnabled"] == true) MACAddress = mo["MacAddress"].ToString();
}
mo.Dispose();
}
MACAddress = MACAddress.Replace(":", "");
return MACAddress;
}
You might want to also add "mo["Caption"].ToString()" to test before the mac address so that you know which devices you are looking at.
Also, don't forget to use try/catch blocks on these as a NullPointerReference will kill the app.
How to get Client MAC address(Web):
To get the client MAC address only way we can rely on JavaScript and Active X control of Microsoft.It is only work in IE if Active X enable for IE. As the ActiveXObject is not available with the Firefox, its not working with the firefox and is working fine in IE.
This script is for IE only:
Hope that it may help you.Please inform me if any one get any wrong with me.
Thanks