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MAC Address Code for Wireless LAN (WLAN) Computers
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I have the following code off some web site to get mac addresses but it seems to return zeroes for wireless LAN computers. Anyone know how to get the mac address for wlan computers? ipconfig /all seems to do it but we'd want some kind of API call to get it.
Thanks
Option Explicit
Public Const NCBASTAT As Long = &H33
Public Const NCBNAMSZ As Long = 16
Public Const HEAP_ZERO_MEMORY As Long = &H8
Public Const HEAP_GENERATE_EXCEPTIONS As Long = &H4
Public Const NCBRESET As Long = &H32
Public Type NET_CONTROL_BLOCK 'NCB
xy_command As Byte
xy_retcode As Byte
xy_lsn As Byte
xy_num As Byte
xy_buffer As Long
xy_length As Integer
xy_callname As String * NCBNAMSZ
xy_name As String * NCBNAMSZ
xy_rto As Byte
xy_sto As Byte
xy_post As Long
xy_lana_num As Byte
xy_cmd_cplt As Byte
xy_reserve(9) As Byte 'Reserved, must be 0
xy_event As Long
End Type
Public Type ADAPTER_STATUS
adapter_address(5) As Byte
rev_major As Byte
reserved0 As Byte
adapter_type As Byte
rev_minor As Byte
duration As Integer
frmr_recv As Integer
frmr_xmit As Integer
iframe_recv_err As Integer
xmit_aborts As Integer
xmit_success As Long
recv_success As Long
iframe_xmit_err As Integer
recv_buff_unavail As Integer
t1_timeouts As Integer
ti_timeouts As Integer
Reserved1 As Long
free_ncbs As Integer
mx_cfg_ncbs As Integer
mx_ncbs As Integer
xmit_buf_unavail As Integer
mx_dgram_size As Integer
pending_sess As Integer
mx_cfg_sess As Integer
mx_sess As Integer
mx_sess_pkt_size As Integer
name_count As Integer
End Type
Public Type NAME_BUFFER
name As String * NCBNAMSZ
name_num As Integer
name_flags As Integer
End Type
Public Type ASTAT
adapt As ADAPTER_STATUS
NameBuff(30) As NAME_BUFFER
End Type
Public Declare Function Netbios Lib "netapi32" _
(pncb As NET_CONTROL_BLOCK) As Byte
Public Declare Sub CopyMemory Lib "kernel32" _
Alias "RtlMoveMemory" _
(hpvDest As Any, ByVal _
hpvSource As Long, ByVal _
cbCopy As Long)
Public Declare Function GetProcessHeap Lib "kernel32" () As Long
Public Declare Function HeapAlloc Lib "kernel32" _
(ByVal hHeap As Long, _
ByVal dwFlags As Long, _
ByVal dwBytes As Long) As Long
Public Declare Function HeapFree Lib "kernel32" _
(ByVal hHeap As Long, _
ByVal dwFlags As Long, _
lpMem As Any) As Long
Public Function GetMACAddress(lLana As Long) As String
'retrieve the MAC Address for the network controller
'installed, returning a formatted string
Dim tmp As String
Dim pASTAT As Long
Dim NCB As NET_CONTROL_BLOCK
Dim AST As ASTAT
'The IBM NetBIOS 3.0 specifications defines four basic
'NetBIOS environments under the NCBRESET command. Win32
'follows the OS/2 Dynamic Link Routine (DLR) environment.
'This means that the first NCB issued by an application
'must be a NCBRESET, with the exception of NCBENUM.
'The Windows NT implementation differs from the IBM
'NetBIOS 3.0 specifications in the xy_CALLNAME field.
NCB.xy_command = NCBRESET
Call Netbios(NCB)
'To get the Media Access Control (MAC) address for an
'ethernet adapter programmatically, use the Netbios()
'NCBASTAT command and provide a "*" as the name in the
'NCB.xy_CallName field (in a 16-chr string).
NCB.xy_callname = "* "
NCB.xy_command = NCBASTAT
'For machines with multiple network adapters you need to
'enumerate the LANA numbers and perform the NCBASTAT
'command on each. Even when you have a single network
'adapter, it is a good idea to enumerate valid LANA numbers
'first and perform the NCBASTAT on one of the valid LANA
'numbers. It is considered bad programming to hardcode the
'LANA number to 0 (see the comments section below).
NCB.xy_lana_num = lLana
NCB.xy_length = Len(AST)
pASTAT = HeapAlloc(GetProcessHeap() , _
HEAP_GENERATE_EXCEPTIONS Or _
HEAP_ZERO_MEMORY, _
NCB.xy_length)
If 0 = pASTAT Then
MsgBox "PASTAT WAS ZERO - UNABLE TO ALLOCATE HEAP MEMORY"
Err.Raise 32001, , "Memory Allocation failed!"
Exit Function
End If
NCB.xy_buffer = pASTAT
Call Netbios(NCB)
CopyMemory AST, NCB.xy_buffer, Len(AST)
MsgBox "RAW ADDRESSES : " & _
AST.adapt.adapter_address( 0) & " " & _
AST.adapt.adapter_address( 1) & " " & _
AST.adapt.adapter_address( 2) & " " & _
AST.adapt.adapter_address( 3) & " " & _
AST.adapt.adapter_address( 4) & " " & _
AST.adapt.adapter_address( 5)
tmp = Right$("00" & Hex(AST.adapt.adapter_addr ess(0)), 2) & " " & _
Right$("00" & Hex(AST.adapt.adapter_addr ess(1)), 2) & " " & _
Right$("00" & Hex(AST.adapt.adapter_addr ess(2)), 2) & " " & _
Right$("00" & Hex(AST.adapt.adapter_addr ess(3)), 2) & " " & _
Right$("00" & Hex(AST.adapt.adapter_addr ess(4)), 2) & " " & _
Right$("00" & Hex(AST.adapt.adapter_addr ess(5)), 2)
HeapFree GetProcessHeap(), 0, pASTAT
GetMACAddress = tmp
End Function
I have the following code off some web site to get mac addresses but it seems to return zeroes for wireless LAN computers. Anyone know how to get the mac address for wlan computers? ipconfig /all seems to do it but we'd want some kind of API call to get it.
Thanks
Option Explicit
Public Const NCBASTAT As Long = &H33
Public Const NCBNAMSZ As Long = 16
Public Const HEAP_ZERO_MEMORY As Long = &H8
Public Const HEAP_GENERATE_EXCEPTIONS As Long = &H4
Public Const NCBRESET As Long = &H32
Public Type NET_CONTROL_BLOCK 'NCB
xy_command As Byte
xy_retcode As Byte
xy_lsn As Byte
xy_num As Byte
xy_buffer As Long
xy_length As Integer
xy_callname As String * NCBNAMSZ
xy_name As String * NCBNAMSZ
xy_rto As Byte
xy_sto As Byte
xy_post As Long
xy_lana_num As Byte
xy_cmd_cplt As Byte
xy_reserve(9) As Byte 'Reserved, must be 0
xy_event As Long
End Type
Public Type ADAPTER_STATUS
adapter_address(5) As Byte
rev_major As Byte
reserved0 As Byte
adapter_type As Byte
rev_minor As Byte
duration As Integer
frmr_recv As Integer
frmr_xmit As Integer
iframe_recv_err As Integer
xmit_aborts As Integer
xmit_success As Long
recv_success As Long
iframe_xmit_err As Integer
recv_buff_unavail As Integer
t1_timeouts As Integer
ti_timeouts As Integer
Reserved1 As Long
free_ncbs As Integer
mx_cfg_ncbs As Integer
mx_ncbs As Integer
xmit_buf_unavail As Integer
mx_dgram_size As Integer
pending_sess As Integer
mx_cfg_sess As Integer
mx_sess As Integer
mx_sess_pkt_size As Integer
name_count As Integer
End Type
Public Type NAME_BUFFER
name As String * NCBNAMSZ
name_num As Integer
name_flags As Integer
End Type
Public Type ASTAT
adapt As ADAPTER_STATUS
NameBuff(30) As NAME_BUFFER
End Type
Public Declare Function Netbios Lib "netapi32" _
(pncb As NET_CONTROL_BLOCK) As Byte
Public Declare Sub CopyMemory Lib "kernel32" _
Alias "RtlMoveMemory" _
(hpvDest As Any, ByVal _
hpvSource As Long, ByVal _
cbCopy As Long)
Public Declare Function GetProcessHeap Lib "kernel32" () As Long
Public Declare Function HeapAlloc Lib "kernel32" _
(ByVal hHeap As Long, _
ByVal dwFlags As Long, _
ByVal dwBytes As Long) As Long
Public Declare Function HeapFree Lib "kernel32" _
(ByVal hHeap As Long, _
ByVal dwFlags As Long, _
lpMem As Any) As Long
Public Function GetMACAddress(lLana As Long) As String
'retrieve the MAC Address for the network controller
'installed, returning a formatted string
Dim tmp As String
Dim pASTAT As Long
Dim NCB As NET_CONTROL_BLOCK
Dim AST As ASTAT
'The IBM NetBIOS 3.0 specifications defines four basic
'NetBIOS environments under the NCBRESET command. Win32
'follows the OS/2 Dynamic Link Routine (DLR) environment.
'This means that the first NCB issued by an application
'must be a NCBRESET, with the exception of NCBENUM.
'The Windows NT implementation differs from the IBM
'NetBIOS 3.0 specifications in the xy_CALLNAME field.
NCB.xy_command = NCBRESET
Call Netbios(NCB)
'To get the Media Access Control (MAC) address for an
'ethernet adapter programmatically, use the Netbios()
'NCBASTAT command and provide a "*" as the name in the
'NCB.xy_CallName field (in a 16-chr string).
NCB.xy_callname = "* "
NCB.xy_command = NCBASTAT
'For machines with multiple network adapters you need to
'enumerate the LANA numbers and perform the NCBASTAT
'command on each. Even when you have a single network
'adapter, it is a good idea to enumerate valid LANA numbers
'first and perform the NCBASTAT on one of the valid LANA
'numbers. It is considered bad programming to hardcode the
'LANA number to 0 (see the comments section below).
NCB.xy_lana_num = lLana
NCB.xy_length = Len(AST)
pASTAT = HeapAlloc(GetProcessHeap()
HEAP_GENERATE_EXCEPTIONS Or _
HEAP_ZERO_MEMORY, _
NCB.xy_length)
If 0 = pASTAT Then
MsgBox "PASTAT WAS ZERO - UNABLE TO ALLOCATE HEAP MEMORY"
Err.Raise 32001, , "Memory Allocation failed!"
Exit Function
End If
NCB.xy_buffer = pASTAT
Call Netbios(NCB)
CopyMemory AST, NCB.xy_buffer, Len(AST)
MsgBox "RAW ADDRESSES : " & _
AST.adapt.adapter_address(
AST.adapt.adapter_address(
AST.adapt.adapter_address(
AST.adapt.adapter_address(
AST.adapt.adapter_address(
AST.adapt.adapter_address(
tmp = Right$("00" & Hex(AST.adapt.adapter_addr
Right$("00" & Hex(AST.adapt.adapter_addr
Right$("00" & Hex(AST.adapt.adapter_addr
Right$("00" & Hex(AST.adapt.adapter_addr
Right$("00" & Hex(AST.adapt.adapter_addr
Right$("00" & Hex(AST.adapt.adapter_addr
HeapFree GetProcessHeap(), 0, pASTAT
GetMACAddress = tmp
End Function
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