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Find primary MAC Address for a given machine
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function findPrimaryMac(adapters, burnedInOnly) { | |
// Only interested in adapters with MAC addresses | |
adapters = adapters.filter((adapter) => adapter.mac); | |
if(burnedInOnly) { | |
adapters = sift.keep(adapters, {burnedIn: true }); | |
} | |
// find best match (see https://github.com/qzind/sift/issues/12) | |
if(adapters.length > 1) { | |
// First, blindly trust what Java says the primary adapter is | |
for(var i in adapters) { | |
if(adapters[i].primary) { | |
console.debug("Trusting primary adapter as reported by QZ Tray"); | |
return adapters[i]; | |
} | |
} | |
console.debug(ipv4s); | |
// Next, filter adapters without a valid IPv4 value | |
var ipv4s = adapters.filter((adapter) => adapter.ipv4 && adapter.ipv4 != "127.0.0.1"); | |
if(ipv4s.length == 1) { | |
console.debug("Assuming primary adapter is the only adapter with a valid IPv4 value"); | |
return ipv4s[0]; | |
} | |
console.debug(ipv4s); | |
// Next, filter adapters without "Virtual" in the name | |
var novirt = ipv4s.filter((adapter) => adapter.interface && adapter.interface.toLowerCase().indexOf("virtual ") === -1); | |
if(novirt.length == 1) { | |
console.debug("Assuming primary adapter is the only adapter without 'virtual' in the name"); | |
return novirt[0]; | |
} | |
console.debug("Trouble finding a primary " + (burnedInOnly ? "" : "non-") + "burned-in MAC address for this machine."); | |
return null; | |
} | |
return adapters[0]; | |
} | |
var primaryAdapter = findPrimaryMac(adapters, true) || findPrimaryMac(adapters, false); | |
var primaryMac = primaryAdapter && primaryAdapter.mac; | |
console.log("Primary MAC is", primaryMac); |
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