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Date: Thu, 12 Sep 2002 11:08:32 -0600
From: Warren Young <warren AT etr-usa DOT com>
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Subject: Re: Getting MAC address within C/C++-program in Windows2000
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cgf-cygwin AT cygwin DOT com wrote:
> 
> It's entirely possible that there is a problem with Cygwin's interface
> but I really don't understand why the focus shifted to using Windows
> mechanisms when a potential actual cygwin solution exists.

Right on, Chris.  If the Cygwin mechanism is broken, it should be made 
to work instead of rolling your own outside of Cygwin.

For what it's worth, in my time of maintiaining the Winsock FAQ, I've 
come across probably 10 different ways to get the MAC address on 
Windows.  One works on NetBIOS systems, one on IP-only systems, one uses 
SNMP, a few are hacks, several are indirect methods...  The FAQ itself 
documents 3 or 4 of them and points to a few more.  Then I lost interest 
in keeping track of that mess.  Point being: it's much better to let 
Cygwin handle messes like this.


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