Internet.GetMacAddress Method

Gets the MAC address.
public string GetMacAddress()
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Return Value

string

A string.

public string GetMacAddress()
 {
     string macaddr = "";
     IPGlobalProperties computerProperties = IPGlobalProperties.GetIPGlobalProperties();
     NetworkInterface[] nics = NetworkInterface.GetAllNetworkInterfaces();
     if (nics == null || nics.Length < 1)
         return "0";
     foreach (NetworkInterface adapter in nics)
     {
         IPInterfaceProperties properties = adapter.GetIPProperties();
         if (adapter.NetworkInterfaceType == NetworkInterfaceType.Wireless80211 || adapter.NetworkInterfaceType == NetworkInterfaceType.Ethernet)
         {
             PhysicalAddress address = adapter.GetPhysicalAddress();
             byte[] bytes = address.GetAddressBytes();
             for (int i = 0; i < bytes.Length; i++)
             {
                 macaddr += bytes[i].ToString("X2");
                 if (i != bytes.Length - 1)
                     macaddr += "-";
             }
         }
         break;
     }
     return macaddr;
 }
					
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.NET Framework

Supported in: 4.5, 4.5.1, 4.5.2, 4.6, 4.6.1, 4.6.2, 4.7, 4.7.1, 4.7.2, 4.8

.NET Core

Supported in: 5.0+, 6.0+

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