How to get MAC on Visual C++

Question

Just what the title indicates:

How can I get the MAC address of the computer where the program runs on with Visual C++ ?

I got:

getManagerHostMAC.obj : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol _GetAdaptersInfo@8

with the function provided by: Getting Machine's MAC Address -- Good Solution?

[This](http://www.codeguru.com/cpp/i-n/network/networkinformation/article.php/c5451/Three-ways-to-get-your-MAC-address.htm) is pretty old but may be worth looking @. — ChiefTwoPencils, Jun 27 '13 at 09:08

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Jun 27 '13 at 09:12

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The Win32 GetAdaptersInfo() and GetAdaptersAddresses() functions both return MAC addresses, amongst other things. Remember that a machine may have multiple network adapters installed, thus have multiple MAC addresses available.

answered Jun 27 '13 at 09:12

Remy Lebeau

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score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Jun 27 '13 at 09:22

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You need to link with Iphlpapi.lib. In Visual Studio, just add it to the list of linker libraries in the Project Properties dialog.

answered Jun 27 '13 at 09:22

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How to get MAC on Visual C++

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