The MAC address has only any relevans if the computers communicating is
placed on the same physical lan and not via any IP routers - connections
through HUBs and bridges are ok.
Regards
Christian
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Fra: Craig R. McClanahan [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sendt: 22. november 1999 07:16
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Emne: Re: How about MAC address of a client?
Ramanathan Srinivasan wrote:
> Greetings,
>
> Will it be possible to get Mac address ,say in an intranet scenario? Does
Java allows to get info about machine hardware details?
>
No. You can get the IP address, but not the MAC address, in Java. Come to
think of it, can you get the MAC address of the remote
end of a connection, even using native system calls in C or C++?
>
> TIA
>
> srinivasan
Craig McClanahan
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