Get MAC Address of System in Java
java
Solution
If you account for multiple interfaces, and some null MAC addresses (I'm running Java 7 on Windows 7 with VMWare installed (so I have some virtual network adapters)) then this code seems to work:
public static void main(String[] args) {
try {
InetAddress ip = InetAddress.getLocalHost();
System.out.println("Current IP address : " + ip.getHostAddress());
Enumeration<NetworkInterface> networks = NetworkInterface.getNetworkInterfaces();
while(networks.hasMoreElements()) {
NetworkInterface network = networks.nextElement();
byte[] mac = network.getHardwareAddress();
if(mac != null) {
System.out.print("Current MAC address : ");
StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
for (int i = 0; i < mac.length; i++) {
sb.append(String.format("%02X%s", mac[i], (i < mac.length - 1) ? "-" : ""));
}
System.out.println(sb.toString());
}
}
} catch (UnknownHostException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
} catch (SocketException e){
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
Here is (a sanitized version of) what I see on my computer when I run it:
Current IP address : {I'm not telling :)}
Current MAC address :
Current MAC address : {actual hardware interface}
Current MAC address : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
Current MAC address : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
Current MAC address : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
Current MAC address : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
Current MAC address : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
Current MAC address : 00-50-56-C0-00-01
Current MAC address : 00-50-56-C0-00-08
And here is the output of running `ipconfig /all`
C:\>ipconfig /all
Windows IP Configuration (minus any actual interface because I don't like sharing that kind of information :)
Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection 2:
Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Gbridge Virtual Private Network Adapter
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 02-50-F2-CE-82-01
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Ethernet adapter VMware Network Adapter VMnet1:
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : VMware Virtual Ethernet Adapter for VMnet1
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-50-56-C0-00-01
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::9c27:3d03:da2c:f14d%19(Preferred)
Autoconfiguration IPv4 Address. . : {Hidden}(Preferred)
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.0.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :
DHCPv6 IAID . . . . . . . . . . . : 268456022
DHCPv6 Client DUID. . . . . . . . : 00-01-00-01-13-DB-D9-CB-B8-AC-6F-AF-9D-F2
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : fec0:0:0:ffff::1%1
fec0:0:0:ffff::2%1
fec0:0:0:ffff::3%1
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled
Ethernet adapter VMware Network Adapter VMnet8:
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : VMware Virtual Ethernet Adapter for VMnet8
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-50-56-C0-00-08
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::cdbb:434:7fd9:2574%20(Preferred)
IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.42.1(Preferred)
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :
DHCPv6 IAID . . . . . . . . . . . : 285233238
DHCPv6 Client DUID. . . . . . . . : 00-01-00-01-13-DB-D9-CB-B8-AC-6F-AF-9D-F2
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : fec0:0:0:ffff::1%1
fec0:0:0:ffff::2%1
fec0:0:0:ffff::3%1
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled
Tunnel adapter 6TO4 Adapter:
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft 6to4 Adapter
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
IPv6 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 2002:204c:1bc6::204c:1bc6(Preferred)
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Disabled
Tunnel adapter isatap.{3E45CB42-BC1E-4F89-9C16-25166C0EABA1}:
Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft ISATAP Adapter
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Tunnel adapter isatap.{77F1FADC-02BA-44AF-9FDF-97E23F8B5FE7}:
Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft ISATAP Adapter #3
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Tunnel adapter isatap.{608257AC-C0F3-43A5-8595-898533C95D90}:
Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft ISATAP Adapter #5
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
The challenge in getting "just one value" from this mess comes from the relationship between `InetAddress.getLocalHost().getHostAddress()` and the network interfaces themselves. Consider this slight expanded version of the initial program (using this really cool IterableEnumeration utility class):
public static void main(String[] args) throws UnknownHostException, SocketException {
System.out.println("Current IP address : " + InetAddress.getLocalHost().getHostAddress());
for(NetworkInterface network : IterableEnumeration.make(NetworkInterface.getNetworkInterfaces())) {
byte[] mac = network.getHardwareAddress();
if(mac != null) {
System.out.print("Current MAC address : ");
StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
for (int i = 0; i < mac.length; i++) {
sb.append(String.format("%02X%s", mac[i], (i < mac.length - 1) ? "-" : ""));
}
System.out.println(sb.toString());
//Bound InetAddress for interface
for(InetAddress address : IterableEnumeration.make(network.getInetAddresses())) {
System.out.println("\tBound to:"+address.getHostAddress());
}
}
}
}
If you run this on your computer you will see your current IP address correlates to one adapter but that MAC address of your hardware interface sees it's self as a different IP address. Maybe you can filter out virtual addresses or just find a way to utilize all available addresses.
Problem
I need to get the mac address of the system running the program. But I am not able to do that. I am writing following code: ``` public class App{ public static void main(String[] args){ InetAddress ip; try { ip = InetAddress.getLocalHost(); System.out.println("Current IP address : " + ip.getHostAddress()); NetworkInterface network = NetworkInterface.getByInetAddress(ip); byte[] mac = network.getHardwareAddress(); System.out.print("Current MAC address : "); StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder(); for (int i = 0; i < mac.length; i++) { sb.append(String.format("%02X%s", mac[i], (i < mac.length - 1) ? "-" : "")); } System.out.println(sb.toString()); } catch (UnknownHostException e) { e.printStackTrace(); } catch (SocketException e){ e.printStackTrace(); } } } ``` And I am getting following results: ``` Current IP address : 14.96.192.202 Current MAC address : ``` I am not getting the MAC Address it is blank. I saw this example from here