Grant Edwards wrote: > On 2005-12-15, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >>>>Why should you want to associate a MAC address with a socket? Each > >>>>interface has an IP address, and it's that you should be using. > >>> > >>> Say for example I want to find out the MAC if a particular > >>> interface in python. > >> > >> When you are asked "why would you want to do something" it > >> isn't normally considered sufficient to reply "suppose I want > >> to do something". I'm still trying to find out what use case > >> (apart from curiosity) drives this need to know. > > > > That is nothing but curiosity of why there is no such thing. I > > didn't start a thread with "what the [EMAIL PROTECTED] hell that I cannot > > get MAC address through the socket module". > > > > And I answer things the way I want to, if it does fit your > > expected answer, there is nothing I can do. I am not here to > > convince you. > > Taking an attitude like that towards one of the most respected > people in the Python community is bound to be rather counter > productive. > > Nobody owes you any answers, so yes, in fact, you _are_ here to > convince people that you deserve their help. > I get my answer anyway, and I don't know who is respected on here and if I do, it won't change a thing in the way I answer it.
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