Mr. Utvig schreef:

> is there a module that can get the MAC
> from the hardware, firmware.

There are no such guarantees:

http://support.bulletproof.net.au/network/dhcp/macaddress/

See the sources of:
  ndstat
  macshift

"NDIS allows to distinguish between physical MAC address and user-set
MAC address (locally), but if the MAC is written by changing the NIC's
firmware, this can't be distinguished."

http://www.codeguru.com/cpp/i-n/network/networkinformation/article.php/c5437/
http://www.codeguru.com/Cpp/I-N/network/networkinformation/article.php/c5451
http://www.codeguru.com/vb/gen/vb_system/network/article.php/c10887/

-- 
Affijn, Ruud

"Gewoon is een tijger."


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