//mac address #include <sys/socket.h> // Per msqr #include <sys/sysctl.h> #include <net/if.h> #include <net/if_dl.h> //mac address // Return the local MAC addy // Courtesy of FreeBSD hackers email list // Accidentally munged during previous update. Fixed thanks to erica sadun & mlamb. - (NSString *)macaddress{ int mib[6]; size_t len; char *buf; unsigned char *ptr; struct if_msghdr *ifm; struct sockaddr_dl *sdl; mib[0] = CTL_NET; mib[1] = AF_ROUTE; mib[2] = 0; mib[3] = AF_LINK; mib[4] = NET_RT_IFLIST; if ((mib[5] = if_nametoindex("en0")) == 0) { printf("Error: if_nametoindex error "); return NULL; } if (sysctl(mib, 6, NULL, &len, NULL, 0) < 0) { printf("Error: sysctl, take 1 "); return NULL; } if ((buf = malloc(len)) == NULL) { printf("Could not allocate memory. error! "); return NULL; } if (sysctl(mib, 6, buf, &len, NULL, 0) < 0) { printf("Error: sysctl, take 2"); free(buf); return NULL; } ifm = (struct if_msghdr *)buf; sdl = (struct sockaddr_dl *)(ifm + 1); ptr = (unsigned char *)LLADDR(sdl); NSString *outstring = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"%02X:%02X:%02X:%02X:%02X:%02X", *ptr, *(ptr+1), *(ptr+2), *(ptr+3), *(ptr+4), *(ptr+5)]; free(buf); return outstring; }