Get the local MAC address in C/C++
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.