Is there any way to get computer's mac address when there is no internet connection in c#? I'am able to get when I have connection but not able to get when I am offline. But strongly I need the mac address for my work.
My online code;
var macAddr =
(from nic in NetworkInterface.GetAllNetworkInterfaces()
where nic.OperationalStatus == OperationalStatus.Up
select nic.GetPhysicalAddress().ToString()).FirstOrDefault();
From WMI:
public static string GetMACAddress1()
{
ManagementObjectSearcher objMOS = new ManagementObjectSearcher("Select * FROM Win32_NetworkAdapterConfiguration");
ManagementObjectCollection objMOC = objMOS.Get();
string macAddress = String.Empty;
foreach (ManagementObject objMO in objMOC)
{
object tempMacAddrObj = objMO["MacAddress"];
if (tempMacAddrObj == null) //Skip objects without a MACAddress
{
continue;
}
if (macAddress == String.Empty) // only return MAC Address from first card that has a MAC Address
{
macAddress = tempMacAddrObj.ToString();
}
objMO.Dispose();
}
macAddress = macAddress.Replace(":", "");
return macAddress;
}
From System.Net namespace:
public static string GetMACAddress2()
{
NetworkInterface[] nics = NetworkInterface.GetAllNetworkInterfaces();
String sMacAddress = string.Empty;
foreach (NetworkInterface adapter in nics)
{
if (sMacAddress == String.Empty)// only return MAC Address from first card
{
//IPInterfaceProperties properties = adapter.GetIPProperties(); Line is not required
sMacAddress = adapter.GetPhysicalAddress().ToString();
}
} return sMacAddress;
}
Slightly modified from How to get the MAC address of system - C-Sharp Corner