Get the local MAC address in C/C++
How to get the local AMC address using C/C++ (Linux)
This code snippet shows how to get the local MAC (hardware) address in POSIX systems. It should work in Windows too, using Cygwin or similar.
#include <netdb.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <sys/fcntl.h>
#include <sys/errno.h>
#include <sys/ioctl.h>
#include <sys/socket.h>
#include <arpa/inet.h>
#include <net/if.h>
#include <stdio.h>
int main(int argc, char ** argv) {
struct ifreq ifr;
int s;
if ((s = socket(AF_INET, SOCK_STREAM,0)) < 0) {
perror("socket");
return -1;
}
strcpy(ifr.ifr_name, argv[1]);
if (ioctl(s, SIOCGIFHWADDR, &ifr) < 0) {
perror("ioctl");
return -1;
}
unsigned char *hwaddr = (unsigned char *)ifr.ifr_hwaddr.sa_data;
printf("%02X:%02X:%02X:%02X:%02X:%02X\n", hwaddr[0], hwaddr[1], hwaddr[2], hwaddr[3], hwaddr[4], hwaddr[5]);
close(s);
return 0;
}