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Reading mac address in C# 8

Schleid Alex

Good morning,

I am trying to read the mac address of a local computer using C# version 8. I have searched the web for help but most of the solution I found use the NetworkInterface which seems to be no longer available in visual studio 2019.

Does anyone has a solution?

Your help is greatly appreciated

Schleid

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Shweta Lodha6y ago
Accepted answer
Hello Schleid,
You can add reference to using System.Net.NetworkInformation and then try below code:
String firstAddress = NetworkInterface
    .GetAllNetworkInterfaces()
    .Where(nic => nic.OperationalStatus == OperationalStatus.Up && nic.NetworkInterfaceType != NetworkInterfaceType.Loopback)
    .Select(nic => nic.GetPhysicalAddress().ToString())
    .FirstOrDefault();
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Schleid Alex6y ago
Now that I am able to read the mac address of the client computer via winform app I need this app to connect to a hosted database and pass the mac. Now I don't know how to have the win app installed on the client machine to get the connection string on the hosted server.
Then I want this app to launch a web browser firefox or chrome in full mode.

I know it does sound a little bit complicated but I hope someone will be able to help me out.

Thank you in advance
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