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Re: Getting MAC address within C/C++-program in Windows2000
----- Original Message -----
From: "Warren Young" <warren@etr-usa.com>
Newsgroups: gmane.os.cygwin
Sent: Thursday, September 12, 2002 7:08 PM
Subject: Re: Getting MAC address within C/C++-program in Windows2000
http://sources.redhat.com/ml/cygwin/2002-09/msg00602.html
> cgf-cygwin@cygwin.com wrote:
> >
> > It's entirely possible that there is a problem with Cygwin's interface
> > but I really don't understand why the focus shifted to using Windows
> > mechanisms when a potential actual cygwin solution exists.
>
> Right on, Chris. If the Cygwin mechanism is broken, it should be made
> to work instead of rolling your own outside of Cygwin.
>
> For what it's worth, in my time of maintiaining the Winsock FAQ, I've
> come across probably 10 different ways to get the MAC address on
> Windows. One works on NetBIOS systems, one on IP-only systems, one uses
> SNMP, a few are hacks, several are indirect methods...
Exactly.
See http://groups.google.com/groups?selm=alno5j%241rsu90%241%40ID-79865.news.dfncis.de
> The FAQ itself documents 3 or 4 of them and points to a few more.
> Then I lost interest in keeping track of that mess.
Also me.
> Point being: it's much better to let
> Cygwin handle messes like this.
Exactly.
See http://sources.redhat.com/ml/cygwin/2002-09/msg00922.html
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