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/* Original source code courtesy John from iOSDeveloperTips.com */ | |
#include <sys/socket.h> | |
#include <sys/sysctl.h> | |
#include <net/if.h> | |
#include <net/if_dl.h> | |
+ (NSString *)getMacAddress | |
{ | |
int mgmtInfoBase[6]; | |
char *msgBuffer = NULL; | |
NSString *errorFlag = NULL; | |
size_t length; | |
// Setup the management Information Base (mib) | |
mgmtInfoBase[0] = CTL_NET; // Request network subsystem | |
mgmtInfoBase[1] = AF_ROUTE; // Routing table info | |
mgmtInfoBase[2] = 0; | |
mgmtInfoBase[3] = AF_LINK; // Request link layer information | |
mgmtInfoBase[4] = NET_RT_IFLIST; // Request all configured interfaces | |
// With all configured interfaces requested, get handle index | |
if ((mgmtInfoBase[5] = if_nametoindex("en0")) == 0) | |
errorFlag = @"if_nametoindex failure"; | |
// Get the size of the data available (store in len) | |
else if (sysctl(mgmtInfoBase, 6, NULL, &length, NULL, 0) < 0) | |
errorFlag = @"sysctl mgmtInfoBase failure"; | |
// Alloc memory based on above call | |
else if ((msgBuffer = malloc(length)) == NULL) | |
errorFlag = @"buffer allocation failure"; | |
// Get system information, store in buffer | |
else if (sysctl(mgmtInfoBase, 6, msgBuffer, &length, NULL, 0) < 0) | |
{ | |
free(msgBuffer); | |
errorFlag = @"sysctl msgBuffer failure"; | |
} | |
else | |
{ | |
// Map msgbuffer to interface message structure | |
struct if_msghdr *interfaceMsgStruct = (struct if_msghdr *) msgBuffer; | |
// Map to link-level socket structure | |
struct sockaddr_dl *socketStruct = (struct sockaddr_dl *) (interfaceMsgStruct + 1); | |
// Copy link layer address data in socket structure to an array | |
unsigned char macAddress[6]; | |
memcpy(&macAddress, socketStruct->sdl_data + socketStruct->sdl_nlen, 6); | |
// Read from char array into a string object, into traditional Mac address format | |
NSString *macAddressString = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"%02X:%02X:%02X:%02X:%02X:%02X", | |
macAddress[0], macAddress[1], macAddress[2], macAddress[3], macAddress[4], macAddress[5]]; | |
NSLog(@"Mac Address: %@", macAddressString); | |
// Release the buffer memory | |
free(msgBuffer); | |
return macAddressString; | |
} | |
// Error... | |
NSLog(@"Error: %@", errorFlag); | |
return nil; | |
} |
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Hi. Coeur, i need this code but i have wrong value on my Iphone6+ Please can you help me ?
2015-02-15 15:37:37.947 MyDemo[438:223963] Mac Address: 02:00:00:00:00:00
Thanks :)