Crate mac_address

mac_address provides a cross platform way to retrieve the MAC address of network hardware. See the Wikipedia entry for more information.

Supported platforms: Linux, Windows, MacOS, FreeBSD

Structs

MacAddress

Contains the individual bytes of the MAC address.

MacAddressIterator

An iterator over all available MAC addresses on the system.

Enums

MacAddressError

Possible errors when attempting to retrieve a MAC address.

MacParseError

An error that may occur when parsing a MAC address string.

Functions

get_mac_address

Calls the OS-specific function for retrieving the MAC address of the first network device containing one, ignoring local-loopback.

mac_address_by_name

Attempts to look up the MAC address of an interface via the specified name. NOTE: On Windows, this uses the FriendlyName field of the adapter, which is the same name shown in the “Network Connections” Control Panel screen.

name_by_mac_address

Attempts to look up the interface name via MAC address.