NAME

Net::Address::Ethernet - find hardware ethernet address

SYNOPSIS

use Net::Address::Ethernet qw( get_address );
my $sAddress = get_address;
my $sMethod = &Net::Address::Ethernet::method;

DESCRIPTION

The following functions will be exported to your namespace if you request :all like so:

use Net::Address::Ethernet qw( :all );

get_address

Returns the 6-byte ethernet address in hexadecimal format with colon between the bytes. For example, '1a:2b:3c:4d:5e:6f'. No other reformatting is done, so the hex digits can be capital or lowercase; and each hex byte could be one or two digits. For example, '0:3:A:2B:3C:4D'.

When called in array context, returns a 6-element list representing the 6 bytes of the address in decimal. For example, (26,43,60,77,94,111).

method

After a successful call to get_address(), the method() function will tell you how the information was derived. Currently there are two possibilities: 'arp' for Unix-like systems, or 'ipconfig' for Win32. If you haven't called get_address(), 'N/A' will be returned. If something went wrong during get_address, 'failed' will be returned by method().

NOTES

SEE ALSO

ipconfig, arp

BUGS

Please tell the author if you find any! And please show me the output format of `ipconfig /all` or `arp` from your system.

AUTHOR

Martin Thurn (mthurn@cpan.org).