There are ioctls for this.
For the MAC address:
SIOCGIFHWADDR
For the IP address:
SIOCGIFADDR
For the Sub net mask:
SIOCGIFNETMASK
There are also equivalent set ioctls for the address and mask. (Substitue G with
S in the names).
(Look at the ifconfig source code if unsure how to use them).
Malcolm.
Andy Angrick wrote:
> Does anyone know of a more elegant way to retrieve the IP address and MAC
> address of a network adapter other than parsing the output from ifconfig. Is
> there a proc file where you can get this info or some other place?
>
> -Andy
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