MAC Address in registry

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Dennis

Hi,

I wonder is there a way for me to capture or view the MAC
address in the registry (regardless of OS) without
invoking the ipconfig /all command.

I would like to capture the various machines MAC address
for reporting.

Would appreciate someone that can render the great help.

Happy New Year to all viewers !
 
AFAIK mac addresses are not stored in the registry.

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| Hi,
|
| I wonder is there a way for me to capture or view the MAC
| address in the registry (regardless of OS) without
| invoking the ipconfig /all command.
|
| I would like to capture the various machines MAC address
| for reporting.
|
| Would appreciate someone that can render the great help.
|
| Happy New Year to all viewers !
|
 
In said:
Hi,

I wonder is there a way for me to capture or view the MAC
address in the registry (regardless of OS) without
invoking the ipconfig /all command.

I would like to capture the various machines MAC address
for reporting.
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Not definitive, but I don't think you will find it in the registry. At
least not anywhere statically located. What's wrong with ipconfig as
this is the usual method?
 
Hi
Thanks to all the feedback.

Planning to scan thru the organization machines especially
to retrieve MAC address. Thus wont want to use manual
method to retrieve data.
Are there any ways/methods to retrieve the MAC address.

Would appreciate your feedback again !
Thanks n Cheers
 
In said:
Hi
Thanks to all the feedback.

Planning to scan thru the organization machines especially
to retrieve MAC address. Thus wont want to use manual
method to retrieve data.
Are there any ways/methods to retrieve the MAC address.

Would appreciate your feedback again !
Thanks n Cheers
Click to expand...

Well we are out of the "registry" group now and I suggest another
group like *.cmdprompt.admin.

ARP might help. Depends on network architecture though as IIRC
Ethernet switches may interfere.
ping <resolveable name> gets an IP
arp -a (or arp -a <IP>) matches IP to MAC

Or you might use something like psexec.exe (Sysinternals) to do
remote "local" execution...

Try microsoft.public.win2000.cmdprompt.admin
 
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