How to display the MAC Address in Web?

Question

Is there a way to display the MAC address of a computer using PHP or JavaScript?

I have not tried anything yet but I am still researching on a way to do that.

I do hope that you can help me or give me an idea on how can I get the MAC Address.

The MAC address of *which* computer? And why do you need that? — Olivier, Aug 13 '23 at 09:44
The mac address of the client computer that is connected to the server. I'm currently developing a web system for Attendance recording for computer laboratory in schools. I'm planning to use the Mac address to verify whether the user log in using the computers inside the lab or not — REYES MARK M., Aug 13 '23 at 09:50
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/3385/mac-addresses-in-javascript — Olivier, Aug 13 '23 at 09:54
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1420381/how-can-i-get-the-mac-and-the-ip-address-of-a-connected-client-in-php — Olivier, Aug 13 '23 at 09:55
Did you actually do any research? These answers are easy to find — ADyson, Aug 13 '23 at 09:58
clearly, if you read the links provided, the MAC address is not likely available - oh, wait ... the clients are likely to be on the same ethernet segment, so, chances are good — Jaromanda X, Aug 13 '23 at 10:22
Why don't you just set the server firewall to reject all connections except from the specific machines you want people to log in from? — ADyson, Aug 13 '23 at 10:26

score -1 · Answer 1 · answered Aug 13 '23 at 11:39

Normally it is not possible for security issue. Because MAC address is your machine address and your server can not able to access your machine. The MAC address is not broadcast beyond the LAN the device is connected to - it never leaves the router and passes to the server.

How to display the MAC Address in Web?

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