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hi,
using ifconfig i can get the MAC and the IP address of the machine.. i was wondering if there was some command or call to access the same using raw sockets..
However, i try i only saw sofcket commands to get the IP from an incoming socket, but nothing abt the MAC.. is there anything i am missing..??
Yes, sockets are at a level that is ignorant of physical/datalink level parameters. It is not necessary for there to even be a link level MAC for TPC/IP to work. ifconfig is a tool that has knowledge of both layers. ARP is also at or near that level. Perhaps there is a system call to get ARPish information.
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